# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Path completion triggering unintended LLM approval calls

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where composer path completion on remote or Docker backends was incorrectly invoking the smart-approval LLM, causing unexpected model calls at regular intervals. The members include the problem report and related fix attempts addressing how backend path-completion listings are confirmed or pre-confirmed.

## 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 #116720. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116720 (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-116720`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #115478: Composer path completion on a docker backend sends every listing to the smart-approval LLM (idle Desktop makes model calls every ~4 min)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116720: fix(tui): composer path completion on a remote backend no longer fires smart-approval LLM calls (#115478, salvage #115480)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_backend_dir_entries_preconfirmed.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_complete.py`
- **#115480: fix(tui): pre-confirm the backend path-completion listing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `6d8370af4b64`, `#116720`, `#115478`, `#115480`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116720 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.