# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Docker image /opt/hermes permissions and missing LICENSE for WebUI installs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members center on the Hermes Docker image's /opt/hermes directory being root-owned and read-only (555), with no LICENSE file, which affects multi-container WebUI installs. One bug report and three fix PRs propose different approaches: changing ownership, making it group-writable and adding LICENSE, or supporting read-only sources.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #48541. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #48541 (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-48541`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #48198: \[Bug\]: \`nousresearch/hermes-agent\` Docker image ships \`/opt/hermes\` as \`555 root:root\` with no LICENSE file — breaks multi-container Hermes WebUI installs

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#48541: fix(docker): support WebUI installs from read-only sources**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `.dockerignore`, `setup.py`, `tests/test_docker_webui_install_surface.py`
- **#48238: fix(docker): make /opt/hermes group-writable and ship LICENSE file**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `36851fa576eb4079f0397010f418cafa15a4ab26`, `#48541`
- **#48260: fix(docker): chown /opt/hermes to hermes user for WebUI egg-info (#48198)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #48541 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-19`.
- Subsystem: `environments`