# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Double ESC keystroke clears input buffer

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members all propose or implement a feature where pressing ESC twice clears the input buffer. All three appear to be duplicates or near-duplicates of the same feature request or change.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #74736. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #74736 (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-74736`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #5510: feat: double ESC clears input buffer

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#74736: feat: double ESC discards the draft; make Ctrl+U/K line-scoped**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/textInputKillLine.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/useInputHandlers.ts`, `ui-tui/src/components/textInput.tsx`, `ui-tui/src/config/timing.ts`, `ui-tui/src/content/hotkeys.ts`
- **#4827: feat: double ESC clears the input buffer**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#74736`
- **#8490: feat: double ESC clears the input buffer**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#4827`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #74736 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-30`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`