# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI system_prompt empty field handling fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #20669: fix(tui): system_prompt field should omit key when empty, not send empty string
- PR #20714: fix: four easy bug fixes (docs, TUI, Termux)
- PR #20806: fix(tui): omit system_prompt key from session info when empty

Multiple fixes addressing how the TUI handles an empty system_prompt field, ensuring the key is omitted rather than sent as an empty string. Also includes a broader fix entry covering docs and Termux alongside TUI changes.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #20669: fix(tui): system_prompt field should omit key when empty, not send empty string

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#20693: fix(tui): omit system_prompt key from session.info when empty**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#20714`
- **#20714: fix: four easy bug fixes (docs, TUI, Termux)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `1d5deac34670ce0ef5d28d4acdff30c0d440b9bf`, `b2043cf157975170675d988b21105acf4b913419`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/context-engine-plugin.md`, `website/docs/guides/build-a-hermes-plugin.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/memory-providers.md`
- **#20806: fix(tui): omit system_prompt key from session info when empty**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#20693`, `#20669`
  - files: `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`

## Fix status

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