# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Banner shows lazy-initialized tools in red instead of yellow

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

All three members concern the startup banner's color for lazy-initialized tools (e.g., honcho and homeassistant), which appear red/disabled rather than yellow. Two titles propose fixes, one noted as salvaging #1854, and one describes the symptom.

## 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 #3822. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #3822 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #1837: fix(banner): honcho/homeassistant tools show as disabled (red) at startup

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#3822: fix(banner): show lazy-initialized tools in yellow instead of red (salvage #1854)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/banner.py`
- **#1854: fix(banner): show lazy-initialized tools in yellow instead of red**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#3822`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #3822 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-29`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`