# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Doctor warnings for disabled approvals mode

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #111661: security(doctor): surface when approvals.mode=off
- PR #111682: fix(doctor): warn when approvals are disabled
- PR #111687: fix(doctor): warn when approvals.mode=off (#111661)

These issues and pull requests relate to adding or improving warnings in the doctor command when approvals.mode is set to off or approvals are otherwise disabled. The focus is on surfacing this configuration state to users as a security or health concern.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111661: security(doctor): surface when approvals.mode=off

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111682: fix(doctor): warn when approvals are disabled**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor_approval_mode.py`
- **#111687: fix(doctor): warn when approvals.mode=off (#111661)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#111682`, `#111661`, `#111682`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor_approvals_mode.py`

## Fix status

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