# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Protected writes not routed to approval transport

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #120859: Protected instruction-file writes never reach the operator's selected approval transport
- PR #120865: fix(tools): route protected writes through approval transport

A bug where protected instruction-file writes bypass the operator's selected approval transport, and related fixes to route those writes (and possibly action gates) through the correct transport.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #120859: Protected instruction-file writes never reach the operator's selected approval transport

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120865: fix(tools): route protected writes through approval transport**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `9d387a252dc517872d662d0c0245a0d910595367`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_file_write_safety.py`, `tools/file_tools_write_guards.py`
- **#121872: fix(approvals): route protected writes and action gate via selected transport**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`

## Fix status

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