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Linux/Ubuntu API key input issues during setup

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 13033 · hermes cli

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #20219. Check it covers your case.

The short answer

0open issues
0open PRs
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Known?
Yes. 8 related items grouped here, 4 issues already closed.
Fix event
A fix was merged to main in PR #20219. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this partially resolved, deciding PR #20219. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple bug reports and fix attempts address terminal freezing or inability to paste API keys during CLI setup on Linux and WSL, likely related to bracketed paste marker handling. One member about a Telegram bot token setup appears loosely related or incidental.

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No open issues.

Open PRs0

No open pull requests.

Fixes on record

Merged to main. A stamp counts the issues a fix is linked to.

  • #20219 fix(cli): sanitize bracketed paste markers during setup (salvage #16784)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/setup.py, scripts/release.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_setup_prompt_menus.py

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: closed without comment 1 · done elsewhere 1 · other 1

  • #13046 fix: terminal freeze when pasting API keys in hermes setup on Linux · other
  • #16270 fix(setup): API key prompt accepts input on Ubuntu after curses · done elsewhere
  • #16784 fix(cli): sanitize bracketed paste markers during setup · closed without comment
Closed issues · 4
  • Closed#13033[Bug]: hermes setup freezes terminal when pasting API keys on Linux
  • Closed#15768[Bug]: Unable to Enter or Paste API Key During Hermes Setup on Ubuntu - CRITICAL
  • Closed#16491[Setup]: can't paste api key critical on Linux human need !! stop bot for critical issue
  • Closed#31054[Setup]: Telegram bot token
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Subsystem
hermes cli
Merged PRs
#20219
Closed issues
4
Attempts
3 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked
5 May 2026

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