# NousResearch/hermes-agent · oneshot mode ignoring CLI flags and env vars

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #26633: \[Bug\] hermes -z silently ignores --ignore-rules (oneshot path never reads HERMES_IGNORE_RULES)
- PR #26771: fix(cli): honor --ignore-rules in oneshot mode
- PR #49204: fix(cli): reject --resume/--continue in oneshot instead of dropping it
- PR #72075: fix(cli): honor --ignore-rules in oneshot mode

A bug was identified where hermes oneshot mode (-z path) silently ignores --ignore-rules and HERMES_IGNORE_RULES, along with related work on rejecting unsupported flags like --resume/--continue in that mode.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #26633: \[Bug\] hermes -z silently ignores --ignore-rules (oneshot path never reads HERMES_IGNORE_RULES)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#26669: fix(oneshot): honor --ignore-rules / HERMES_IGNORE_RULES on -z path (#26633)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#26771: fix(cli): honor --ignore-rules in oneshot mode**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#26669`, `#26633`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/oneshot.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_tui_resume_flow.py`
- **#49204: fix(cli): reject --resume/--continue in oneshot instead of dropping it**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `#49195`, `#40333`, `#40333`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/cli/test_oneshot_resume_guard.py`
- **#72075: fix(cli): honor --ignore-rules in oneshot mode**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `7032ae3990b0`, `#26669`, `#26771`, `#72075`, `#40333`, `#49204`, `#57859`, `#72075`, `#26669`, `#26633`, `#72064`, `#72075`, `#26771`, `#72075`, `#26771`, `#72075`, `#40333`, `#57859`, `#49195`, `#49204`, `#49195`, `#26633`, `#72064`, `#57859`, `#49195`, `#72075`, `#26771`, `#26669`, `#26771`, `#26669`, `#26771`, `#72075`, `#72075`, `#26669`, `#72075`, `#26771`, `#72075`, `#40333`, `#57859`, `#49195`, `#49204`, `#72075`, `#26771`, `#26771`, `#72075`, `#72075`, `#26669`, `#49204`, `#57859`, `#49195`, `#49204`, `#57859`, `#40333`, `#57859`, `#374151`, `#26633`, `#72064`, `#26669`, `#26771`, `#72075`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/oneshot.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_tui_resume_flow.py`

## Fix status

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