# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kitty CSI-u sub-parameter keystroke parsing fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #103885: \[Bug\]: TUI drops every keystroke when kitty CSI-u carries sub-parameters
- PR #103886: fix(tui): accept kitty CSI-u sub-parameters, and never type a key release (#103885)

A bug where the TUI drops keystrokes when kitty keyboard protocol CSI-u sequences carry colon-delimited sub-parameters. The members cover the bug report and related fix attempts addressing the parser's handling of these sequences.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #103885: \[Bug\]: TUI drops every keystroke when kitty CSI-u carries sub-parameters

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103886: fix(tui): accept kitty CSI-u sub-parameters, and never type a key release (#103885)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#103879`
  - files: `ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/parse-keypress-csi-u-subparams.test.ts`, `ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/parse-keypress.ts`
- **#105668: fix(tui): tolerate kitty CSI-u colon sub-parameters in keypress parser (#103885)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#103886`, `#103885`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `other`