# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hermes system prompt missing in codex_app_server

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern codex_app_server not receiving the Hermes SOUL.md and system prompt context, and efforts to seed that context correctly on the first turn. The work involves disabling built-in personality in favor of the intended Hermes prompt.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #115759. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115759 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-115759`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #26035: codex_app_server does not receive Hermes SOUL/system prompt context

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115759: fix(codex_app_server): SOUL.md and the Hermes system prompt reach the model; built-in personality disabled (#74712, #72104, #26035, salvage #74726 #72106 #27998)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/codex_runtime.py`, `agent/transports/codex_app_server_session.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/agent/test_codex_app_server_persist.py`, `tests/agent/test_codex_runtime_prompt_handoff.py`, `tests/agent/transports/test_codex_app_server_session.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/codex-app-server-runtime.md`
- **#26081: fix(codex_app_server): seed Hermes context on first turn**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `35cea9b87e`, `#115759`, `#116586`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115759 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.
- Subsystem: `agent`