# NousResearch/hermes-agent · verbose tool progress leaking debug logs to stderr/TUI

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #31859: fix(tui): keep verbose progress from enabling stderr debug logs

These issues and PRs address a bug where enabling verbose tool progress output inadvertently caused backend DEBUG/INFO logs to leak into stderr or the TUI activity display. Work involves decoupling verbose tool progress from global debug logging settings.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #31379. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #31379 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #31372: \[TUI\] backend DEBUG/INFO logs leak into Activity when display.tool_progress=verbose

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#31379: fix(cli): decouple tool_progress=verbose from global DEBUG logging**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/cli/test_tool_progress_scrollback.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#31374: fix(tui): keep verbose tool progress off stderr**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#31379`
- **#31859: fix(tui): keep verbose progress from enabling stderr debug logs**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `c9b3eeabdc0b7624d38fd7a6de85b66f3183c39b`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #31379 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-24`.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`