# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI profile flag ignored during early interface probe

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where the early-boot interface probe does not respect the --profile flag, instead reading from the default home config. The work addresses making the probe follow the profile's home and configuration.

## 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 #117643. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117643 (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-117643`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116902: \[Bug\]: Early-boot interface probe ignores --profile, reads default home config

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117643: fix(cli): hermes -p PROFILE boots the interface the profile's config selects (#116902, salvage #117058)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_default_interface_resolution.py`
- **#117058: fix(cli): let the early interface probe follow the profile's home**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f50c6f43a2f4`, `#117643`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117643 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.