# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Set process title to 'hermes' in system tools

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests relate to setting the process title so that system monitoring tools like ps, top, and htop display 'hermes' instead of the default Python interpreter name.

## 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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #35108: Set process title so 'ps' shows 'hermes' instead of 'python3.xx'

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#35143: feat: set process title to 'hermes' in ps/top/htop**. merged to main · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#35111: feat: set kernel process title to 'hermes' in ps/top/htop**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.