# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Strip terminal noise from bg process notifications

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #41698: bg process notification leaks \`tcsetattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device\` (exit 137)
- PR #41713: fix(terminal): strip trailing shell noise from bg process notifications

These issues and PRs concern spurious \`tcsetattr\` and other shell noise leaking into background process notification output. The work involves filtering or stripping that noise from the notification messages.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #41698: bg process notification leaks \`tcsetattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device\` (exit 137)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#41887: fix(process): strip tcsetattr noise from bg process notification output (#41698)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#41713: fix(terminal): strip trailing shell noise from bg process notifications**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `fb7df099e`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`

## Fix status

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