# NousResearch/hermes-agent · SSL_CERT_FILE not passed to Git during updates

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where the SSL_CERT_FILE environment variable is not forwarded to Git subprocesses during updates, causing failures in corporate environments with custom certificate authorities. Fixes involve mapping SSL_CERT_FILE to GIT_SSL_CAINFO for Git children.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #126113. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126113 (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-126113`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #124654: hermes update: git fetch ignores SSL_CERT_FILE, so a corporate root supplied that way passes the channel read and fails at 'Fetching updates'

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126113: Updates work behind corporate CA/npm mirrors, and refused .env writes stop reporting success (#124654, #123132, #119928)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/callbacks.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/config_env_routing.py`, `hermes_cli/credential_lifecycle.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/config_env.py`, `pm/artifact_mirror.py`, `pm/index_config.py`, `pm/store.py`, `pm/update.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/git/test_foreign_state.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/hosts/test_path_shapes.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/network/test_mirrors.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/network/test_proxy_only_egress.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/test_config_roundtrip_properties.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_managed_scope_writeguard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_ssl_cert_file.py`, `tests/pm/test_artifact_mirror.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_complete.py`
- **#124675: fix(update): bridge SSL_CERT_FILE into Git trust**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#126113`, `#124678`
- **#124678: fix(update): map SSL_CERT_FILE into GIT_SSL_CAINFO for git children**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#126113`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126113 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.