# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI light/dark terminal auto-detection improvements

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #49082: ui-tui hardcodes Apple_Terminal as light-mode, forces light completion menu in dark Terminal.app
- PR #49097: fix(tui): stop defaulting Apple Terminal to light

These issues and PRs address problems with hardcoded Apple Terminal light-mode assumptions in the TUI, and expand automatic detection of light terminals via theme variables and background color heuristics.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #49082: ui-tui hardcodes Apple_Terminal as light-mode, forces light completion menu in dark Terminal.app

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#49096: fix(tui): remove Apple_Terminal from light-mode defaults**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#49097: fix(tui): stop defaulting Apple Terminal to light**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#49096`, `#49082`
  - files: `ui-tui/src/__tests__/theme.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/theme.ts`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`