# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Terminal foreground commands reject notify/heartbeat args

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address how the terminal tool handles notify and heartbeat arguments when running foreground commands, including fixes to refuse or redirect such calls and improve error messaging for unexpected arguments.

## 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 #133793. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #133793 (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-133793`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121634: notify/heartbeat only apply to background commands (foreground results return directly). Either drop them, or run as terminal(command=..., background=true, notify=...).

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#133793: fix(terminal): a foreground call with heartbeat runs instead of looping on a refusal (#121634, salvage #119201)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_process_heartbeat.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#132043: fix(terminal): name the stray args when refusing a foreground notify/…**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `cb6ffe6cdd`, `#133793`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #133793 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-07`.
- Subsystem: `environments`