# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Terminal PATH channels for user Python environments

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #126460: Windows: no user-Python PATH channel for the local terminal (python/pip resolve to different environments) — chat-terminal counterpart of cron --interpreter (#69889 -> #125392)
- PR #132282: fix(terminal): terminal.user_env_dirs PATH channel for user environments (#126460)

These members address adding or fixing dedicated PATH channels in the terminal for user Python installations and environment directories. The work targets cases where Python or pip resolve to unexpected environments in the terminal.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #126460: Windows: no user-Python PATH channel for the local terminal (python/pip resolve to different environments) — chat-terminal counterpart of cron --interpreter (#69889 -> #125392)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126517: fix(terminal): terminal.extra_path PATH channel for user Python (#126460)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#126460`, `#132282`
- **#132282: fix(terminal): terminal.user_env_dirs PATH channel for user environments (#126460)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/tools/test_local_shell_init.py`, `tools/environments/local.py`, `website/docs/reference/faq.md`

## Fix status

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