# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix sudo status detection for passwordless sudo

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #18110: hermes status reports sudo disabled when passwordless sudo works
- PR #18315: fix(cli): report passwordless sudo in status

These issues and PRs address a bug where the status reporting incorrectly shows sudo as disabled even when passwordless sudo is configured and working. The fixes improve detection logic to correctly handle empty or absent sudo password environment conditions.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #18110: hermes status reports sudo disabled when passwordless sudo works

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#12431: fix(status): treat empty sudo env as enabled**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#18315: fix(cli): report passwordless sudo in status**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#12431`
  - files: `hermes_cli/status.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_status.py`

## Fix status

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