# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Environment variable default handling in utils (env_bool)

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #41902: \[Bug\]: utils.py
- PR #41991: fix(utils): preserve env_bool defaults for unset vars
- PR #41992: \[verified\] fix: honor env defaults for missing variables

Two of the three members, both fix-type changes, concern preserving or honoring default values when environment variables are unset, with one specifically naming env_bool in utils. The third, a bug titled only 'utils.py', has no details in its title, so its link to the others is plausible but unconfirmed.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #41902: \[Bug\]: utils.py

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#41991: fix(utils): preserve env_bool defaults for unset vars**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/test_utils_truthy_values.py`, `utils.py`
- **#41992: \[verified\] fix: honor env defaults for missing variables**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#47722`, `#56418`, `#57822`
  - files: `tests/test_utils_truthy_values.py`, `utils.py`

## Fix status

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