# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix dashboard process attribution with scrubbed environments

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where dashboard processes are incorrectly attributed to Path.home() when the service environment lacks or has a scrubbed HOME variable. The fix ensures attribution falls back to the owning user's home directory instead.

## 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 #117641. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117641 (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-117641`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116906: \[Bug\]: Dashboard process attribution falls back to Path.home() when service env lacks HOME

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117641: fix(cli): dashboard under a scrubbed unit env is attributed to its owner's home (#116906, salvage #117154)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_stale_pid_guard.py`
- **#117154: fix(cli): attribute a scrubbed-env dashboard to its owner's home**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `b3ae81826153`, `#117641`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117641 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.