# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI child process drops top-level reasoning flag

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #107780: \[Bug\]: top-level --reasoning override is dropped when launching the TUI
- PR #107783: fix(tui): pass --reasoning override to TUI child process
- PR #128684: fix(tui): honor --reasoning for new TUI sessions

These items address a bug where the --reasoning flag passed at the top level is not forwarded to or honored by TUI child processes and new TUI sessions. The group covers the bug report and associated fixes for this argument-passing gap.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #107780: \[Bug\]: top-level --reasoning override is dropped when launching the TUI

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107783: fix(tui): pass --reasoning override to TUI child process**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#107783`, `#107780`, `#77288`, `#93200`, `#107951`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/main_tui_launch.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_lifecycle.py`, `tui_gateway/slash_worker.py`
- **#128684: fix(tui): honor --reasoning for new TUI sessions**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/main_tui_launch.py`, `tests/_fixtures/env_filter.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_tui_reasoning_launch.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_launch_reasoning_fallback.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_session.py`

## Fix status

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