# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI status bar width stability and busy indicators

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address flickering or fluctuating status bar width in the TUI caused by changing ticker/spinner text, and introduce options for stabilizing or customizing the busy-indicator style.

## 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.
- 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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-17150`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #13610: TUI status bar width fluctuates when ticker cycles progress names

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#13806: fix(tui): fix status bar width fluctuation by capping model name width (Closes #13610)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#17150`
- **#17116: fix(tui): stabilize status bar ticker width (#13610)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#17150`
- **#17150: feat(tui): pluggable busy-indicator styles (#13610)**. merged to main
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/commands.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/createSlashHandler.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/useConfigSync.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/slash/commands/session.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/uiStore.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/useConfigSync.ts`, `ui-tui/src/components/appChrome.tsx`, `ui-tui/src/gatewayTypes.ts`

## Fix status

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