# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Dashboard xterm paste duplicates last character fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where pasting text into the dashboard's xterm terminal input causes the last character to be duplicated, with fixes routing native paste events through the terminal's paste handler to prevent the duplication.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #133958. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #133958 (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-133958`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #52471: \[Dashboard\] Chat input duplicates last character after pasting (xterm-helper-textarea)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#133958: fix(dashboard): route native text paste through term.paste to stop last-char duplication (#52471)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `web/src/lib/chat-image-drop.ts`, `web/src/lib/pty-mouse-report.ts`, `web/src/pages/ChatPage.test.tsx`, `web/src/pages/ChatPage.tsx`
- **#52477: fix(dashboard): intercept native paste to prevent duplicate character in xterm input**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #133958 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-06`.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`