# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Install handling for read-only shell config files

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #15016: \[Bug\]: Install fails when using nix-darwin
- PR #15036: fix(install): handle non-writable shell config files gracefully
- PR #132331: fix(install): continue when a managed shell rc is read-only

These items address cases where installation fails or behaves poorly when shell configuration files are not writable. The focus is on allowing the install process to continue gracefully rather than halting on read-only or unwritable rc files.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #15016: \[Bug\]: Install fails when using nix-darwin

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#15036: fix(install): handle non-writable shell config files gracefully**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `scripts/install.sh`, `setup-hermes.sh`
- **#132331: fix(install): continue when a managed shell rc is read-only**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `scripts/install.sh`, `setup-hermes.sh`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_setup_hermes_script.py`, `tests/scripts/install/test_install_sh_shell_path.py`

## Fix status

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