# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Prevent pytest runs from polluting the live agent.log

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members center on pytest runs writing mock-provider log records to the real HERMES_HOME agent.log, linked to an import-time frozen run_agent._hermes_home. One is a logging fix, and another is a broader test stability change that includes a log-leak sandbox plus order-dependence and write-guard work.

## 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 #74553. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #74553 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #57118: pytest runs pollute the real HERMES_HOME agent.log with mock-provider records (import-time frozen run_agent._hermes_home)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#74553: test: round-2 stability closeout — log-leak sandbox, order-dependence fix, write-guard hardening**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/cli/conftest.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_init.py`, `tests/conftest.py`, `tests/test_log_isolation.py`
- **#57119: fix(logging): stop pytest runs from writing to the live agent.log**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#74553`, `#71271`, `#57118`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #74553 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-30`.
- Subsystem: `agent`