# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Alt+Enter follow-up message queuing feature

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #5504: feat: dual queue — follow-up (Alt+Enter) + steering (Enter/queue mode)
- PR #8492: feat: Alt+Enter queues follow-up messages, Alt+Up recalls them
- PR #122200: CLI: Up in an empty composer takes a queued prompt back for editing (Copilot CLI port, salvage #8492)

These members describe a proposed or in-progress feature allowing users to queue follow-up messages using Alt+Enter without interrupting an active agent. Variations also include Alt+Up for recalling queued messages and a dual-queue concept separating follow-up and steering inputs.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #5504: feat: dual queue — follow-up (Alt+Enter) + steering (Enter/queue mode)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#4788: feat: Alt+Enter queues follow-up messages without interrupting agent**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#5504`, `#8492`
- **#8492: feat: Alt+Enter queues follow-up messages, Alt+Up recalls them**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/test_cli_followup_queue.py`
- **#122200: CLI: Up in an empty composer takes a queued prompt back for editing (Copilot CLI port, salvage #8492)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/cli_init_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_loops_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_tui_mixin.py`, `locales/af.yaml`, `locales/ar.yaml`, `locales/de.yaml`, `locales/en.yaml`, `locales/es.yaml`, `locales/fr.yaml`, `locales/ga.yaml`, `locales/hu.yaml`, `locales/it.yaml`, `locales/ja.yaml`, `locales/ko.yaml`, `locales/pt.yaml`, `locales/ru.yaml`, `locales/tr.yaml`, `locales/uk.yaml`, `locales/zh-hant.yaml`, `locales/zh.yaml` (+2 more)

## Fix status

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