# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Docker xurl auth HOME path documentation clarification

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests concern documentation around where authentication credentials are stored when using xurl in Docker, specifically clarifying the HOME path behavior relative to the Hermes subprocess environment.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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 #31557. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #31557 (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-31557`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #29108: \[Bug\]: Docker xurl docs can lead auth to be stored outside Hermes subprocess HOME

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#31557: docs: clarify xurl auth HOME in Docker**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `skills/social-media/xurl/SKILL.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/docker.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/skills/bundled/social-media/social-media-xurl.md`
- **#29117: docs: clarify xurl auth path in Docker**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#29122`, `#29108`
- **#29122: docs(xurl): clarify Docker auth HOME**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #31557 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-27`.
- Subsystem: `docs`