# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Remote default working directory vs. managed files root confinement

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #138088: Remote folder picker starts outside the managed files root
- PR #138091: fix(web): keep the default cwd inside a locked managed files root

These members center on the remote default working directory (cwd) and the managed files root. Two are fixes titled for the CLI and web surfaces, and one reports the remote folder picker starting outside the managed root. The titles alone do not show whether any of these changes were completed or merged.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #138088: Remote folder picker starts outside the managed files root

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#138091: fix(web): keep the default cwd inside a locked managed files root**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0ab43d4f67`, `6af4dff06d`, `581eb6184d`, `671363fa34`, `5c7615824f`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_routers/files.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_files.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_files.py`
- **#138092: fix(cli): confine the remote default cwd to the managed files root**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#138091`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`