# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Option to hide or disable startup banner

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #23487: \[Feature\]: Option to disable new session banner/info
- PR #74281: feat(cli): add option to hide the startup banner

These members relate to adding a configuration option that allows users to disable or hide the banner displayed when a new session starts. The theme is consistent across a feature request and at least two implementation proposals.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #23487: \[Feature\]: Option to disable new session banner/info

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#23679: feat(cli): add display.show_banner option for minimal startup**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#74281: feat(cli): add option to hide the startup banner**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_context_warning.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_show_banner_option.py`

## Fix status

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