# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI --source flag session tracking fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #45107: hermes chat --source <name>\` does not persist — sessions always recorded as \`source=cli

Multiple issues and fixes around the --source flag not being correctly persisted or honored during chat sessions, including self-relaunch scenarios and session creation. Also includes a dashboard change to hide sidecar sessions from history.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #49269. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #49269 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #45107: hermes chat --source <name>\` does not persist — sessions always recorded as \`source=cli

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#49269: fix(dashboard): hide sidecar sessions from history**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/session_context.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session_env.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_session_source.py`, `tests/test_dashboard_sidecar_close_on_disconnect.py`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`, `web/src/components/ChatSidebar.tsx`
- **#45126: fix(cli): let --source flag override default platform in session creation**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#40866`, `#45107`
- **#45130: fix(cli): honor --source flag in interactive chat sessions (#45107)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#40866`
- **#45157: fix(cli): preserve --source across CLI self-relaunch (#45107)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a7983d5ad768551508667e8c708e13def7ee28ab`, `#49269`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #49269 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-19`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`