# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Terminal backend config not respected in TUI/CLI

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A cluster of fixes addressing a bug where the configured terminal.backend setting was ignored, causing the TUI and related processes to default to Docker regardless of user configuration. Includes a user-reported bug filed in Chinese describing the same symptom.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #12485: \[Bug\]: config.yaml 中 terminal.backend 为 local，但是tui中显示为docker

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#12497: fix: TUI displays terminal.backend from config instead of defaulting to docker (#12485)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#13651: fix(cli): honor config terminal settings in /config**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

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