# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS Bash 3.2 empty-args bug in run_tests.sh

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was reported where scripts/run_tests.sh fails when called with no arguments on macOS due to Bash 3.2 compatibility issues. Multiple fix attempts address handling of empty args in that script.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 4 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #22011: \[Bug\]: scripts/run_tests.sh fails with no args on macOS Bash 3.2

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#22014: fix(scripts): handle empty args in run_tests.sh for macOS Bash 3.2**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `48be2e0e4dbc4489f418e8d58794790c9c830390`, `#22011`, `#22018`, `#23558`
- **#22018: fix(test): handle empty args in run_tests on macOS bash**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#22014`, `#22011`
- **#22198: fix: avoid empty-arg bash 3.2 failure in run_tests.sh**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#23558: fix(scripts): tolerate empty run_tests args on bash 3.2**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `48be2e0e4dbc4489f418e8d58794790c9c830390`, `#29016`, `#22011`, `#22014`, `#22018`, `#22198`

## Fix status

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