# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI approval panel drops buffered text on Enter

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #35999: CLI: Enter during approval panel silently drops buffer text instead of forwarding as follow-up
- PR #36001: fix(cli): forward buffer text after approval panel resolves
- PR #65311: fix(cli): route post-approval buffer through normal input semantics

A bug where text typed during the CLI approval panel is silently discarded rather than forwarded as follow-up input after the panel resolves. The members cover the bug report and related fixes to route buffered text through normal input handling.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #35999: CLI: Enter during approval panel silently drops buffer text instead of forwarding as follow-up

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#36001: fix(cli): forward buffer text after approval panel resolves**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#65311`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_approval_ui.py`
- **#65311: fix(cli): route post-approval buffer through normal input semantics**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#35999`, `#36001`, `#65311`, `#374151`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_approval_ast.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_approval_ui.py`

## Fix status

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