# NousResearch/hermes-agent · translate_execute false positives with role descriptions

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern false positives in the translate_execute threat-scan logic that incorrectly flagged ordinary role descriptions, with related work to bound the target slot using a shared filler to reduce such misdetections.

## 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 #104894. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104894 (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-104894`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #104609: False positive: translate_execute blocks an ordinary role description in the context scope

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104894: fix: ordinary role descriptions no longer discard context files**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_translate_execute_context.py`, `tools/threat_patterns.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/security.md`
- **#104616: fix(threat-scan): bound translate_execute gaps to the shared _FILLER**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#104617`, `#104609`, `#104894`
- **#104617: fix(threats): bound the translate_execute target slot to stop role-text false positives**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `5904c7a395`, `#104609`, `#104894`, `#104616`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104894 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.