# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Nested paste reference expansion in CLI

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #23430: fix(cli): nested paste references not expanded (chained pastes lose content)
- PR #23431: fix(cli): recursively expand nested paste references

These issues and pull requests concern a CLI bug where nested or chained paste references are not recursively expanded, causing content to be lost. Multiple entries appear to address the same fix.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #23430: fix(cli): nested paste references not expanded (chained pastes lose content)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#23431: fix(cli): recursively expand nested paste references**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `58240cab06c4`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_external_editor.py`
- **#23520: fix(cli): recursively expand nested paste references**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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