# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Asterisk characters stripped from terminal output

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where asterisk characters (such as those in cron expressions) are stripped or replaced in CLI terminal output. The members include a bug report and related fix attempts targeting strip mode behavior.

## 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 #28353. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #28353 (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-28353`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #28010: \[Bug\]:  *Asterisk characters () being stripped or replaced in terminal output*

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#28353: fix(cli): preserve cron asterisks in strip mode (#28019)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_markdown_rendering.py`
- **#28019: fix(cli): preserve cron asterisks in strip mode**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `5d1f350784f8a232df36f9527741c6c2ab962035`, `#28353`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #28353 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-19`.