# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Confirm before persisting unready terminal backend

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a flow where selecting a terminal backend that requires additional setup (e.g. SSH) is persisted without user confirmation, causing silent loss of terminal and file tools in later sessions. The proposed fix adds a confirmation step before such a backend is saved.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114790. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114790 (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-114790`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114275: Terminal backend picker persists a needs-setup backend (e.g. SSH) with no confirmation — later sessions silently lose all terminal/file tools

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114790: fix(desktop): Terminal backend picker confirms before persisting a needs-setup backend (#114275, salvage #114291)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/terminal-backend-panel.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/terminal-backend-panel.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#114291: desktop: confirm before selecting a needs-setup terminal backend**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `07b9df17671d`, `#114790`, `#114275`, `#114291`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114790 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.