# NousResearch/hermes-agent · display.compact config setting not being respected

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #4848: bug: display.compact: true in config.yaml has no effect
- PR #4850: fix(cli): honour display.compact from config.yaml
- PR #4966: fix: respect display.compact config setting
- PR #5069: fix(cli): respect display.compact config setting

A bug was reported and multiple fixes were proposed addressing the CLI not honoring the display.compact setting from config.yaml. The members all relate to this single configuration option being ignored at runtime.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #4848: bug: display.compact: true in config.yaml has no effect

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#4850: fix(cli): honour display.compact from config.yaml**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cli.py`
- **#4966: fix: respect display.compact config setting**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#5069`, `#4850`, `#4848`
  - files: `cli.py`
- **#5069: fix(cli): respect display.compact config setting**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#4966`, `#4850`, `#4848`
  - files: `cli.py`

## Fix status

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