# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Python and PATH availability in terminal/Docker environments

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address 'python' command not found errors and PATH mismatches affecting the Hermes agent when running terminal tools, both in Docker containers and subshell environments.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #33226. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #33226 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-33226`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.45`: 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

- #12541: \[Setup\]: hermes docker image $PATH var does not match hermes user $PATH
- #33178: \[Setup\]: python: command not found when agent runs terminal tools

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#33226: fix(docker): install python-is-python3 so bare \`python\` resolves in containers**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `Dockerfile`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #33226 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-28`.
- Subsystem: `environments`