# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Smart approval owner override scoping fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address how smart approval logic handles and scopes owner overrides, ensuring explicit interactive owner approvals are properly honored. The focus is on correcting the boundaries of owner override behavior within the approval system.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #63526. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #63526 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-63526`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #46544: smart approvals should honor explicit interactive owner approvals

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#63526: fix(approval): scope smart deny owner overrides to one operation**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `acp_adapter/permissions.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool/approval.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool/approval.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/prompts.ts`, `cli.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `gateway/platforms/qqbot/adapter.py`, `gateway/platforms/qqbot/keyboards.py`, `gateway/platforms/whatsapp_cloud.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `locales/af.yaml`, `locales/de.yaml`, `locales/en.yaml`, `locales/es.yaml`, `locales/fr.yaml`, `locales/ga.yaml`, `locales/hu.yaml`, `locales/it.yaml` (+34 more)
- **#47705: fix: scope smart approval owner overrides**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #63526 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-13`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`