# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix idle /steer silently stranding user input

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where /steer requests are confirmed as 'queued' but silently dropped when no active run exists on the agent. The members cover the bug report and fixes in both the gateway and agent layers.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #121077. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121077 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #103287: gateway /steer confirms 'queued' but silently strands text when no run is active

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121077: fix(tui-gateway): never park an idle /steer on the agent**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_session.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_tools.py`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/steerCommand.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/slash/commands/core.ts`
- **#103342: fix(agent): stop idle /steer from silently stranding user input**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#121077`, `#103287`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121077 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.