# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Handle KeyboardInterrupt cleanly in single-query chat

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #61508: Single-query chat prints KeyboardInterrupt traceback on signal
- PR #61509: Handle KeyboardInterrupt in single-query chat
- PR #61669: fix(cli): handle chat -q interrupts cleanly

These issues and PRs address unhandled KeyboardInterrupt exceptions that cause traceback output when a user interrupts single-query chat mode via signal. The work involves catching the interrupt gracefully in the CLI.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #61508: Single-query chat prints KeyboardInterrupt traceback on signal

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#61509: Handle KeyboardInterrupt in single-query chat**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#61669`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/cli/test_single_query_session_finalize.py`
- **#61669: fix(cli): handle chat -q interrupts cleanly**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#61509`, `#61508`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/cli/test_chat_q_exit_clear.py`
- **#62693: fix(cli): catch KeyboardInterrupt in single-query mode**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#71783`

## Fix status

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