# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Store Python PATH isolation and PEP 668 marking

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #129097: terminal: \`python\`/\`pip\` resolve to Hermes's store Python, and \`pip install\` writes into a hash-verified store entry
- PR #129151: fix(pm): mark the store Python as externally managed before publish

These items address how the store-managed Python installation is exposed (or kept off) the terminal PATH, and how it is marked as externally managed per PEP 668 before publishing. The work touches both terminal resolution behavior and store entry integrity.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #129097: terminal: \`python\`/\`pip\` resolve to Hermes's store Python, and \`pip install\` writes into a hash-verified store entry

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#129149: fix(terminal): keep store Python off terminal PATH; PEP 668 marker (#129097)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#129151: fix(pm): mark the store Python as externally managed before publish**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `pm/packages.py`, `tests/pm/test_activation_setup.py`, `tests/pm/test_pm_bionic.py`, `tests/pm/test_pm_core.py`, `tests/pm/test_stage_only.py`

## Fix status

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