# NousResearch/hermes-agent · verify-on-stop ad-hoc evidence missing for some interpreters

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where verify-on-stop fails to record ad-hoc evidence when scripts run through versioned, absolute-path, or env-prefixed interpreters. Multiple fix attempts and patches address interpreter recognition in this context.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116787. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116787 (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-116787`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #115075: \[Bug\]: verify-on-stop ad-hoc evidence never records when the script runs through a versioned, absolute, or env-prefixed interpreter

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116787: fix(agent): verify-on-stop records ad-hoc evidence for versioned, absolute and env-prefixed interpreters (#115075, salvage #115077)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/verification_evidence.py`, `tests/agent/test_verification_evidence.py`
- **#115077: fix(agent): record ad-hoc verify evidence run through a versioned or absolute interpreter**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#116787`, `#115300`
- **#115300: fix(verify-on-stop): recognize versioned, absolute and env-prefixed interpreters**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `5195c138738c`, `#116787`, `#115075`, `#115077`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116787 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.