# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Strip superseded venv paths from PYTHONPATH

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #122928: \[Bug\] macOS Desktop: long-running backend leaks its superseded runtime venv via PYTHONPATH to terminal children after an environment switch
- PR #122954: fix(environments): strip a superseded runtime generation from PYTHONPATH
- PR #128965: fix(tools): strip superseded dependency-environment PYTHONPATH entries

A bug report and two fixes addressing the issue where outdated runtime virtual environment paths linger in PYTHONPATH after an environment switch, potentially leaking to child processes.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #122928: \[Bug\] macOS Desktop: long-running backend leaks its superseded runtime venv via PYTHONPATH to terminal children after an environment switch

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122954: fix(environments): strip a superseded runtime generation from PYTHONPATH**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_local_env_blocklist.py`, `tools/environments/local_pythonpath.py`
- **#128965: fix(tools): strip superseded dependency-environment PYTHONPATH entries**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#122928`, `#122928`, `#110303`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_local_env_blocklist.py`, `tools/environments/local_pythonpath.py`

## Fix status

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