# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI --source tag incorrectly treated as messaging surface

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #130993: hermes chat --source <tag> turns off verify_on_stop: auto, because the tag is read as a messaging surface
- PR #130994: fix(gateway): keep CLI source labels non-messaging
- PR #130998: fix(session): an explicit --source label is not a messaging surface

A bug where passing a --source label via the CLI causes it to be misidentified as a messaging surface, disabling behaviors like verify_on_stop. The members include the bug report and two targeted fixes addressing this misclassification in the gateway and session layers.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #130993: hermes chat --source <tag> turns off verify_on_stop: auto, because the tag is read as a messaging surface

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130994: fix(gateway): keep CLI source labels non-messaging**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `32e55bbfa4`
  - files: `gateway/session_context.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session_surface.py`
- **#130998: fix(session): an explicit --source label is not a messaging surface**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#130994`
  - files: `gateway/session_context.py`, `tests/agent/test_verification_stop.py`

## Fix status

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