# NousResearch/hermes-agent · SELinux bind mount labeling in Docker backend

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #45106: \[Bug\]: SELinux breaks Docker Backend
- PR #45111: fix(docker): disable SELinux labeling for bind mounts on enforcing hosts
- PR #71459: fix(docker): label SELinux bind mounts across all sandbox mount sites

These issues and PRs concern SELinux compatibility problems with Docker backend bind mounts, exploring approaches such as adding SELinux labels to mounts or disabling SELinux labeling on enforcing hosts.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #45106: \[Bug\]: SELinux breaks Docker Backend

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#45111: fix(docker): disable SELinux labeling for bind mounts on enforcing hosts**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py`, `tools/environments/docker.py`
- **#45252: fix(docker): add SELinux :z labels to bind mounts (#45106)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#71459: fix(docker): label SELinux bind mounts across all sandbox mount sites**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#45111`, `#45106`, `#45252`
  - files: `tests/agent/test_iron_proxy.py`, `tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py`, `tools/environments/docker.py`, `tools/environments/docker_egress.py`

## Fix status

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