# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Strip UV_PYTHON_PREFERENCE in managed Python env

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #106854: hermes update fails when UV_PYTHON_PREFERENCE is exported: conflicts with UV_MANAGED_PYTHON

These issues and pull requests concern a conflict where an exported UV_PYTHON_PREFERENCE environment variable interferes with managed Python environments. The work involves stripping that variable from the managed uv environment to prevent the conflict.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #106854: hermes update fails when UV_PYTHON_PREFERENCE is exported: conflicts with UV_MANAGED_PYTHON

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106859: fix(cli): strip UV_PYTHON_PREFERENCE in managed_python_env**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#106854`
- **#106862: fix(cli): strip ambient UV_PYTHON_PREFERENCE from managed uv env**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#106859`
- **#108627: fix(managed-uv): strip UV_PYTHON_PREFERENCE from managed_python_env()**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#106859`

## Fix status

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