# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Adding Podman as a supported container backend

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests concern adding Podman support to the container terminal backend, including detection of Podman alongside Docker and handling rootless entrypoint scenarios.

## 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.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #10066. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #10066 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-10066`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #4084: \[Feature\]: Podman support for the container terminal backend

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#10066: feat: entry-level Podman support — find_docker() + rootless entrypoint**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `.env.example`, `docker/entrypoint.sh`, `tests/tools/test_docker_find.py`, `tools/environments/docker.py`
- **#8391: feat(tools): add Podman as a supported terminal backend**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#8158`, `#10621`, `#10066`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #10066 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-04-15`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `environments`