# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Local terminal env_passthrough not reading variables from .env

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members share one theme: with the local terminal backend, env_passthrough variables that exist only in a .env file appear not to be passed through. One is a bug report and the others are fix proposals that load or fall back to dotenv values; their outcomes are not stated in the titles.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 4 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #46152: \[Bug\]: terminal.env_passthrough does not work with local backend when variable only exists in .env

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#46173: fix(terminal): load passthrough env vars from dotenv locally**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `f24c00a5bf8845fd07e059cce3ded7056af9fec2`, `#46152`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#46280: fix(tools): load .env passthrough vars in local backend (#46152)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#46173`, `#46152`
- **#46399: fix(terminal): fall back to .env for env_passthrough in local backend**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#46173`, `#46280`
- **#46478: fix(terminal): load passthrough env vars from dotenv**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#46173`

## Fix status

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