# NousResearch/hermes-agent · venv PATH entries leaking outdated Python shims

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address cases where virtual environment directories (including uv-managed Python shims and venv Scripts folders) are incorrectly added to PATH, causing them to shadow system Python with unintended versions. The work focuses on preventing such directories from being exported or published onto PATH.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #22054: PATH injection from venv shadows system Python with outdated 3.11

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#26381: fix(install): avoid publishing uv-managed python shims**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#52508: fix(windows-install): stop exporting venv Scripts on PATH**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `f20d16fbf168a3cb2b0814aa61addfba515102d3`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/bootstrap-installer`