# NousResearch/hermes-agent · HERMES_MANAGED false value handling bug fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was reported where setting HERMES_MANAGED=false was still treated as a managed install. Multiple fix attempts address treating falsy values of HERMES_MANAGED as unmanaged.

## 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 #109186. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #109186 (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-109186`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #12864: \[Bug\]: HERMES_MANAGED=false is treated as a real managed install

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109186: fix(config): HERMES_MANAGED=false no longer counts as a managed install (#12864, salvage #12880)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_managed_installs.py`
- **#12878: fix: treat falsey HERMES_MANAGED values as unmanaged**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#12880`
- **#12880: fix(config): treat explicit false values in HERMES_MANAGED as unmanaged**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `92a8398087`, `#109186`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #109186 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-12`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`