# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI spinner timer accuracy and display fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #46175: Inline tool-spinner timer in classic CLI jumps and occasionally shows an absurd number
- PR #46238: fix(cli): repaint spinner on clock during tool execution (#46175)

Multiple fixes and a feature addressing the tool-execution spinner timer in the CLI, covering elapsed time display, timer continuity, torn reads, and repaint behavior.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #46175: Inline tool-spinner timer in classic CLI jumps and occasionally shows an absurd number

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#46178: fix(cli): keep tool-spinner timer ticking and guard torn reads**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#55548`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#46238: fix(cli): repaint spinner on clock during tool execution (#46175)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#46178`, `#46175`
  - files: `AGENTS.md`, `agent/agent_init.py`, `cli.py`, `tui_gateway/entry.py`

## Fix status

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