# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Non-admin command access and refusal messaging

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #117241: fix(gateway): let operators override or silence the non-admin slash refusal

These items address how the gateway handles non-admin users: making the refusal message configurable or suppressible, preventing internal config key leakage in that message, and filtering help/command listings to show only what a non-admin can actually run.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #117629. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117629 (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-117629`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117217: Command refusal message for non-admins is hardcoded and leaks internal config keys to end users

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117629: fix(gateway): /help and /commands show a gated non-admin only the commands they can run (#117217)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/slash_commands.py`, `hermes_cli/commands.py`, `hermes_cli/slash_exec.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slash_access_dispatch.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/index.md`
- **#117241: fix(gateway): let operators override or silence the non-admin slash refusal**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/run_busy.py`, `gateway/slash_access.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slash_access.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slash_access_dispatch.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/telegram.md`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117629 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`