# NousResearch/hermes-agent · unicode-animations postinstall output causing log noise

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes relate to unwanted unicode-animations demo or spinner output appearing during install/update steps, particularly in non-interactive or CI environments. Several fixes attempt to suppress this postinstall banner or animation output.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.34`: 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

- #31816: hermes update emits unicode-animations ANSI demo in non-interactive logs
- #33205: \[Bug\]: \`unicode-animations\` spinner doesn't appear correctly

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#31823: fix(update): suppress unicode-animations postinstall demo**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `ce99a81123fa0cc69451f5af551bbb8013a2cff4`
- **#32542: fix(update): suppress npm postinstall demos**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#31823`
- **#42163: fix(install): suppress unicode-animations postinstall banner with CI=1**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `ce99a8112`

## Fix status

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