# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix s6 user-drop for non-root Docker containers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug report and two related fixes addressing s6-overlay boot loops when running containers as non-root users, specifically skipping redundant or unsupported privilege-drop steps in that context.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-34837`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #34648: \[Bug\]: Regression in v0.15.1: non-root Docker + group_add (docker.sock GID) causes s6-overlay boot loop

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#34684: fix(docker): skip redundant s6 user drop**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#34837`
- **#34837: fix(docker): boot non-root containers, skip the s6-setuidgid drop when already unprivileged.**. merged to main
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `docker/cont-init.d/02-reconcile-profiles`, `docker/main-wrapper.sh`, `docker/s6-rc.d/dashboard/run`, `docker/stage2-hook.sh`, `hermes_cli/service_manager.py`

## Fix status

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