# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI startup update check SSH prompt interference

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern the CLI's background update-check process inadvertently triggering interactive SSH host-key prompts that hijack terminal input. The work addresses how the update check's git environment is configured to prevent SSH from accessing the TTY.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #104996. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104996 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-104996`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #104591: Startup update check spawns interactive ssh host-key prompt that hijacks CLI input (insteadOf + GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL=/dev/null mismatch)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104996: Startup update checks avoid SSH host-key prompts by default (#104591, salvage #104599)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `evals/update_check_ssh_pty.py`, `hermes_cli/_subprocess_compat.py`, `hermes_cli/banner.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_banner_git_state.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_noninteractive_git.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_check.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#104599: fix(cli): probe update-check origin URL under the fetch's isolated git env**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `03c20babba`, `9f0bf22ce2`, `9197afe44d`, `3a42722c84`, `#104996`, `#104591`, `#104647`
- **#104647: fix(cli): update check never hands the tty to ssh (#104591)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#104599`, `#104591`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104996 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.