# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bug fix: plain /approve should be one-time only

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where plain /approve incorrectly grants session-wide approval instead of one-time approval, along with corresponding fixes in the approval and gateway components.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #4697: \[Bug\]: plain /approve in gateway grants session-wide approval instead of one-time approval

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#4974: fix(approval): plain /approve grants one-time approval, not session-wide**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `ef3bd3b276cd72b444db573e4147961b9041d0ec`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#4698: fix(gateway): make plain /approve truly one-time**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `ef3bd3b276cd72b444db573e4147961b9041d0ec`, `#4697`

## Fix status

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