# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Suppress tool preparing lines in focus/quiet modes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #120510: \[Bug\]: \`preparing <tool>…\` lines bypass /focus and tool_progress: off
- PR #120987: fix(cli): suppress preparing tool lines under focus view and tool_progress off

These issues and fixes address 'preparing <tool>…' output lines appearing despite focus view or tool_progress being disabled. The work involves suppressing those lines when the relevant settings are off.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #120510: \[Bug\]: \`preparing <tool>…\` lines bypass /focus and tool_progress: off

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120518: fix(cli): suppress preparing lines when tool progress is off**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#115016`, `#120987`, `#120510`
- **#120987: fix(cli): suppress preparing tool lines under focus view and tool_progress off**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/cli_stream_mixin.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_tool_gen_start_dedupe.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`