# NousResearch/hermes-agent · SSH config ignored in doctor connectivity check

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #29498: fix(doctor): match SSH backend host key policy

These issues and PRs concern a bug where the doctor command's SSH backend check does not respect configured SSH user, port, key, or environment-aware settings. The fixes aim to make the SSH connectivity check honor the relevant configuration values.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #29481: \[Bug\]: hermes doctor SSH check ignores configured SSH user/port/key

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#26851: fix(doctor): SSH connectivity check ignores TERMINAL_SSH_USER / PORT / KEY**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#27382`
- **#29498: fix(doctor): match SSH backend host key policy**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#29509`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor.py`
- **#29509: fix(doctor): use .env-aware config for SSH backend check**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

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