# NousResearch/hermes-agent · docker_env config not passed to containers

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #16214: terminal.docker_env from config.yaml never reaches the spawned container
- PR #90050: test(tools): cover container config propagation across sandbox creation

These issues and PRs concern a bug where \`terminal.docker_env\` values from config.yaml are not forwarded to spawned containers, and fixes to propagate that configuration through file and terminal tool container creation.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #16214: terminal.docker_env from config.yaml never reaches the spawned container

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#16215: fix(docker-env): bridge \`terminal.docker_env\` from config.yaml to container**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `116a1446a`, `#16215`, `#22626`, `#16348`, `#17620`, `#8320`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#16348: fix(file): pass docker_env to file tool containers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#90050: test(tools): cover container config propagation across sandbox creation**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#60815`, `#103660`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_docker_network_config.py`, `tests/tools/test_file_tools_container_config.py`

## Fix status

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