# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Container persistence setting not respected bug

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the container_persistent=false setting fails to remove containers as expected. Includes related fixes and a project configuration feature.

## 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 #1712. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #1712 (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-1712`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #1679: \[Bug\]: terminal.container_persistent (= false) setting is not respected

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#1712: fix+feat: bug fixes, auto session titles, .hermes.md project config**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `agent/title_generator.py`, `cli.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/setup.py`, `tests/agent/test_model_metadata.py`, `tests/agent/test_prompt_builder.py`, `tests/agent/test_title_generator.py`, `tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py`, `tools/environments/docker.py`
- **#1691: Fix container not removed when container_persistent=false (Fixes #1679)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#1712`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #1712 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-17`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `agent`