# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Clarify batch handling via clarify.lock across gateway, Desktop, and TUI

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Members concern multi-question clarify prompts in hermes chat, including one report of it staying blocked when answered from Desktop or hermes --tui. Two gateway-related pull requests mention accepting or using clarify.lock for clarify batches; one also references live skill commands in Ink, though outcomes are not established here.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #140472. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #140472 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-140472`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #140400: A multi-question clarify in hermes chat stays blocked when answered from Desktop or hermes --tui

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#140472: fix(gateway): live skill commands in Ink, clarify batches for local viewers, owner clarify.lock (CFG-8, TUI-18, #140400)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/skill_commands.py`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `gateway/drain_control.py`, `gateway/local_desktop_ui.py`, `gateway/run_turn_runner.py`, `gateway/session_clarify_batch.py`, `gateway/session_clarify_lock.py`, `gateway/session_cli_turn.py`, `gateway/session_controls.py`, `gateway/session_secret_prompt.py`, `gateway/session_server_requests.py`, `gateway/session_sudo_prompt.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_agent_setup_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_modal_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_agent.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_connection.py`, `tests/agent/test_skill_commands_freshness.py`, `tests/gateway/fixtures/authority_clarify_lock_peer.py`, `tests/gateway/test_clarify_batch_settlement_parity.py` (+18 more)
- **#140401: fix(gateway): accept clarify.lock for a hermes chat batch clarify**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `a03d7d8a08`, `833f11d752`, `7c3b10c155`, `433046b399`, `#140472`, `#140400`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #140472 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-17`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`