# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Honoring terminal working directory configuration on session start

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #51636: terminal.working_dir config is not applied on new session start
- PR #51645: fix(config): honor terminal.working_dir alias
- PR #65286: fix(cli): honor explicit local working directory

The members concern how a working directory setting is applied: one issue reports that terminal.working_dir is not applied on new session start, and two pull requests address honoring the terminal.working_dir alias and an explicit local working directory. The titles alone do not establish whether the underlying problem is fixed.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #51636: terminal.working_dir config is not applied on new session start

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#51645: fix(config): honor terminal.working_dir alias**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_set_config_value.py`
- **#65286: fix(cli): honor explicit local working directory**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `ac855bba0ed282ed6a1a94b8471689b2b6bf9fe4`, `16047655b5260acf40e2a9e932d0569f2520f389`, `59686df8fe1b4f499f48b83877f6d7db2f9de8d6`, `d682f320b35a13084371a541a835e1d988c982b8`, `66ef55da6906`, `#51636`, `#51645`, `#65286`, `#7802`, `#17205`, `#9798`, `#11441`, `#11708`, `#11312`, `#11878`, `#14079`, `#14136`, `#14044`, `#14264`, `#14796`, `#14828`, `#14830`, `#14831`, `#16762`, `#7663`, `#19218`, `#19242`, `#19334`, `#19214`, `#24888`, `#24957`, `#24985`, `#35028`, `#27488`, `#31206`, `#24882`, `#24969`, `#27383`, `#40161`, `#42984`, `#42961`, `#43075`, `#50649`, `#50017`, `#59340`, `#59360`, `#59363`, `#63092`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/setup.py`, `tests/cli/test_cwd_env_respect.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_setup.py`

## Fix status

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