# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Profile override bugs and multi-profile support fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a cluster of bugs where profile overrides were lost or ignored during system prompt construction, ephemeral agent threads, and caching, alongside broader multi-profile support work. All members relate to correct propagation of profile context in the gateway and desktop.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86388. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86388 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #50233: Bug: profile override in _start_agent_build reset before lazy system prompt construction — SOUL.md and skills resolve to root profile

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86388: fix(gateway): bind profile override in _persist_live_session_system_prompt (#50233 family)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#86389: fix(gateway): bind profile HERMES_HOME override in ephemeral agent threads (#50233 family)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_ephemeral_profile_override.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_prompt.py`
- **#50242: fix(gateway): eagerly cache system prompt under profile override**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86388`
- **#50777: fix(gateway): apply profile override in ephemeral agent threads (background, preview-restart)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86389`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86388 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-14`.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`