# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix relative path cwd handling during dashboard respawn

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #109287: \[Bug\]: update respawn replays a relative dashboard argv with no cwd — ENOENT, dashboard stays down
- PR #109302: fix(dashboard): restart relative launches after updates
- PR #109305: fix(cli): anchor dashboard respawn argv to the recorded launch cwd

These issues and PRs address a bug where respawning or restarting a dashboard after an update fails with ENOENT when the original launch used a relative path argument without preserving the working directory. The fixes anchor respawn behavior to the recorded launch working directory.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #109287: \[Bug\]: update respawn replays a relative dashboard argv with no cwd — ENOENT, dashboard stays down

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109296: fix(cli): preserve cwd when respawning relative dashboards**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `3569e8461ea7`, `3569e8461ea721623fa16e6f01fb636157989fe6`, `#109305`, `#109305`, `#109287`, `#109296`, `#109305`, `#109302`, `#109305`, `#109287`
- **#109302: fix(dashboard): restart relative launches after updates**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#109296`, `#109287`, `#109305`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `hermes_cli/main_dashboard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_dashboard.py`
- **#109305: fix(cli): anchor dashboard respawn argv to the recorded launch cwd**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#109296`, `#109287`, `#109302`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `hermes_cli/main_dashboard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_dashboard.py`

## Fix status

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