# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI bundle staleness check and rebuild loop fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address incorrect bundle filename detection in the dashboard TUI staleness check, which caused infinite or blocking npm rebuild loops on every PTY spawn, including failures on read-only filesystems and behind reverse proxies. Related work includes switching the TUI bundle to esbuild and fixing off-event-loop argv handling.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #48561. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #48561 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.44`: 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

- #25351: Dashboard chat silently breaks behind reverse proxies: _hermes_ink_bundle_stale() always returns True, triggering 15s blocking npm run build on every PTY spawn
- #30228: Dashboard --tui fails on read-only /usr: ink-bundle.js / entry-exports.js filename mismatch causes infinite rebuild loop

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#48561: fix(dashboard): resolve chat TUI argv off event loop**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`
- **#20951: fix(tui): correct hermes-ink bundle filename in staleness check**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#26124: fix(dashboard): resolve chat TUI argv off event loop**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#48561`, `#48561`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #48561 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-19`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`