# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI @ symbol triggers config timeout error fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #44656: TUI: \`@\` symbol in messages causes \`error: timeout: config.get\` (affects multiple providers)
- PR #44659: fix(tui): guard @ context-reference expansion with REFERENCE_PATTERN check
- PR #44911: fix(tui): use context-reference pattern instead of bare @ check

A bug where the @ symbol in messages causes a config timeout error in the TUI, affecting multiple providers. Two fixes address the issue by guarding context-reference expansion with a proper pattern check instead of a bare @ character check.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #44656: TUI: \`@\` symbol in messages causes \`error: timeout: config.get\` (affects multiple providers)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#44659: fix(tui): guard @ context-reference expansion with REFERENCE_PATTERN check**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#44911: fix(tui): use context-reference pattern instead of bare @ check**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`

## Fix status

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