# NousResearch/hermes-agent · sys.exit() nonzero exit not reported as failure

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #123561: \[Bug\]: execute_code session kernel reports sys.exit(1) as success and drops the sys.exit("message") text
- PR #123562: fix(execute_code): report a nonzero sys.exit() from a kernel cell as a failure
- PR #123580: fix(execute_code): report nonzero sys.exit() as an error in session kernels

A bug where execute_code session kernels incorrectly report nonzero sys.exit() calls as success, also dropping any exit message text. The members include a bug report and related fix attempts addressing this behavior.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123561: \[Bug\]: execute_code session kernel reports sys.exit(1) as success and drops the sys.exit("message") text

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#123562: fix(execute_code): report a nonzero sys.exit() from a kernel cell as a failure**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_code_kernel.py`, `tests/tools/test_code_kernel_remote.py`, `tools/code_kernel.py`, `tools/code_kernel_remote.py`
- **#123580: fix(execute_code): report nonzero sys.exit() as an error in session kernels**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_code_kernel.py`, `tests/tools/test_code_kernel_remote.py`, `tools/code_execution_tool.py`, `tools/code_kernel.py`, `tools/code_kernel_remote.py`

## Fix status

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