# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Lifecycle guard false positives on data files

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #113957: fix(tools): skip the lifecycle guard remote-read fallback on local backends (#113944)

These items address a lifecycle guard that incorrectly blocks on data files named inside Python heredocs and related edge cases. The work involves fixes to reduce false-positive gateway refusals and improve refusal messaging.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114798. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114798 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-114798`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #113944: lifecycle guard: \`cd … && python3 - <<'PY'\` openers are never masked, masked bodies still burn the walk budget, and live/oversized data files fail closed silently — 22 of 36 in-gateway terminal blocks in 6 days were data-file false positives (residual a…

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114798: fix(cron): data files named in a python heredoc no longer trip the gateway lifecycle guard; refusals name their reason (#113944, salvage #114523)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/lifecycle_guard.py`, `tests/cron/test_lifecycle_guard_heredoc_walk.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_restart_loop.py`, `tests/tools/test_terminal_heredoc_background_guard.py`, `tools/shell_heredoc.py`, `tools/terminal_tool_guards.py`
- **#113957: fix(tools): skip the lifecycle guard remote-read fallback on local backends (#113944)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `debf510e9dea197bcb0d706adf63a11fac96fac0`, `#108468`, `#113944`
  - files: `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_restart_loop.py`, `tools/terminal_tool_guards.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114798 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.
- Subsystem: `agent`