# NousResearch/hermes-agent · OSC 11 terminal background probe leaking into input

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #30092: OSC 11 background probe leaks reply into prompt_toolkit input on macOS Terminal.app

Multiple bug reports and fixes addressing the CLI's OSC 11 background-color probe leaking escape sequence replies into user input across various terminal emulators and SSH environments. Fixes include skipping the probe for certain terminals and gating it behind an allow-list.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.41`: 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

- #30092: OSC 11 background probe leaks reply into prompt_toolkit input on macOS Terminal.app

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #30218: \[Bug\]: CLI input field leaks OSC 11 background-color response (ESC\]11;rgb:...) on startup over SSH (Ghostty → Ubuntu 24.04)
- #33203: \[Bug\]: OSC 11 background reply still leaks in Cursor / VSCode Remote SSH terminal

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#30098: fix(cli): gate OSC 11 background probe behind a terminal allow-list (#30092)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#33458: fix(cli): skip OSC 11 background probe for VSCode/Cursor terminals**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `5921d667855880b0aa2083a50f001748aed52f3e`, `#33203`

## Fix status

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