# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skip sudo password prompt when backend lacks sudo

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #138514: \[Bug\]: sudo password prompt fires when sudo isn't installed in the execution environment
- PR #138526: fix(tools): skip the sudo password prompt when the backend has no sudo
- PR #138534: fix(terminal): skip the sudo password prompt when the backend has no sudo binary

The members concern a sudo password prompt appearing even when the execution environment has no sudo binary. One is a bug report and two are pull requests whose titles propose skipping the prompt in that situation, in terminal and tools contexts.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #138514: \[Bug\]: sudo password prompt fires when sudo isn't installed in the execution environment

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#138526: fix(tools): skip the sudo password prompt when the backend has no sudo**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_base_environment.py`, `tests/tools/test_terminal_tool.py`, `tools/environments/base.py`, `tools/terminal_tool_sudo.py`
- **#138534: fix(terminal): skip the sudo password prompt when the backend has no sudo binary**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_base_environment.py`, `tools/environments/base.py`

## Fix status

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