# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI flags ignored when placed before subcommand

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where top-level flags like -t, -m, --provider, and --tui were not preserved when specified before the chat subcommand. Multiple fix attempts address propagating these pre-subcommand arguments into the chat subparser.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #62412. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #62412 (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-62412`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #28780: \[Bug\]:  the optional parameter "-t" does not work in "hermes -t web chat", but works in "hermes chat -t web ".

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#62412: fix(cli): preserve model overrides before chat subcommand**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/_parser.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_argparse_flag_propagation.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_worker_spawn_toolsets.py`
- **#28795: fix(cli): preserve -t/-m/--provider/--tui/--dev before chat subcommand**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#28799: fix(cli): preserve pre-subcommand flags across the chat subparser (#28780)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#28795`, `#28780`, `#28795`
- **#28907: fix(cli): make -t/--toolsets work before subcommand (fixes #28780)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#28795`, `#28780`, `#28795`, `#28799`
- **#29748: fix(cli): preserve top-level chat flags**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#28799`, `#28780`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #62412 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-11`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`