# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Docker host-user home path mount bug

## Open now

- 2 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #20538: Bug: Hardcoded /root mount overrides user-specified home path
- #34026: \`docker_run_as_host_user: true\` breaks bundled skills: Hermes home is mounted into   \`/root/.hermes\` but the container runs as a non-root user (\`HOME=/home/pn\`)
- PR #20551: fix(docker): respect configured home mount
- PR #34051: fix(docker): set hermes home for host-user containers

A bug where the Hermes home directory is hardcoded to /root and overrides the correct home path when running containers as a non-root host user. The cluster covers the bug report and related fixes to respect the configured home mount.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.39`: 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

- #20538: Bug: Hardcoded /root mount overrides user-specified home path
- #34026: \`docker_run_as_host_user: true\` breaks bundled skills: Hermes home is mounted into   \`/root/.hermes\` but the container runs as a non-root user (\`HOME=/home/pn\`)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#20551: fix(docker): respect configured home mount**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py`, `tools/environments/docker.py`
- **#34051: fix(docker): set hermes home for host-user containers**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `scripts/release.py`, `tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py`, `tools/environments/docker.py`

## Fix status

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