# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix missing HOME in terminal auto home_mode

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where terminal subprocesses inherited no HOME environment variable when the host environment lacked one, because home_mode auto only repaired wrong HOME values, not absent ones. These members track the report and associated fixes.

## 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 #116795. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116795 (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-116795`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116081: \[Bug\]: terminal subprocesses inherit no HOME when the host env has none — home_mode auto never repairs a missing HOME

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116795: fix(terminal): subprocesses get a HOME when the host environment has none (#116081, salvage #116088)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_constants.py`, `tests/tools/test_subprocess_home_isolation.py`
- **#116088: fix(agent): repair a missing HOME in terminal.home_mode auto, not just a wrong one**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `641679058f7c`, `#116795`, `#116081`, `#116088`
- **#116089: fix(terminal): repair missing HOME in auto mode**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `641679058f7c`, `#116795`, `#116081`, `#116088`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116795 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.