# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Consent guard fixes for headless clarify mode

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #107068: \[Bug\]: single-query clarify auto-decide can pick authorization-semantic Recommended option - silent self-authorization bypasses human-consent intent
- PR #107279: fix(clarify): fail-closed consent guard on no-user auto-decide (#107068)

These members address a bug where headless/no-user auto-decide in the clarify flow could silently select authorization- or consent-semantic options without human approval. The fixes apply fail-closed behavior and decline consent-semantic choices in headless mode.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #107068: \[Bug\]: single-query clarify auto-decide can pick authorization-semantic Recommended option - silent self-authorization bypasses human-consent intent

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107265: fix(clarify): decline consent-semantic options in headless mode**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#107279`, `#107068`
- **#107279: fix(clarify): fail-closed consent guard on no-user auto-decide (#107068)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `d1a472c7593b89bea864e80c838282e28acafe70`, `a0749d583a196f3c7cda94cce596924dec559c27`, `#107068`, `#107265`, `#99483`, `#94960`, `#94943`, `#25859`, `#107279`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py`, `tests/tools/test_clarify_consent_guard.py`, `tools/clarify_tool.py`

## Fix status

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