# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Add config toggle to gate projects feature

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #58588: \[Bug\]: \`hermes project\` CLI verb and all project RPCs delivered without a config toggle — silent feature injection into the CLI/TUI surface
- PR #126435: feat(projects): add projects.enabled, the config off-switch for the projects feature

These items concern adding a projects.enabled configuration option to control whether the projects feature is exposed in the CLI and TUI. The work addresses a concern that project functionality was being surfaced without an opt-in or opt-out mechanism.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #58588: \[Bug\]: \`hermes project\` CLI verb and all project RPCs delivered without a config toggle — silent feature injection into the CLI/TUI surface

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#58634: fix(projects): add projects.enabled config toggle to gate three deliv…**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#126435`, `#58588`
- **#126435: feat(projects): add projects.enabled, the config off-switch for the projects feature**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/filter-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/de.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/es.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fr.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/gateway-rpc.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-switch.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/projects.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/projects.ts`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/projects_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/projects_gate.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/chat_workspaces.py` (+7 more)

## Fix status

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