# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI KeyboardInterrupt traceback during plugin discovery

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #53704: \[Bug\]: First Ctrl+C during plugin discovery at startup dumps a KeyboardInterrupt traceback
- PR #53713: fix(cli): guard KeyboardInterrupt during plugin discovery at startup (#53704)
- PR #53738: fix(cli): guard startup path against KeyboardInterrupt

These issues and PRs address a bug where pressing Ctrl+C during startup plugin discovery produces an unhandled KeyboardInterrupt traceback instead of a clean exit. Multiple fix attempts target guarding this specific startup code path.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #53704: \[Bug\]: First Ctrl+C during plugin discovery at startup dumps a KeyboardInterrupt traceback

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#53713: fix(cli): guard KeyboardInterrupt during plugin discovery at startup (#53704)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#53832`, `#53704`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_startup_keyboard_interrupt.py`
- **#53738: fix(cli): guard startup path against KeyboardInterrupt**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `1c4e0b88b`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_startup_interrupt.py`

## Fix status

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