# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI exit code propagation and silent failure bugs

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #62810: \[Bug\]: CLI exit-status compatibility: boolean handler success exits 1
- PR #62832: fix(console): preserve integer command-handler exit statuses (#62810)

These issues and PRs address cases where CLI commands return exit code 0 despite failures, including skills install resolution errors and integer exit statuses being dropped by the command dispatcher.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #62810: \[Bug\]: CLI exit-status compatibility: boolean handler success exits 1

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#43645: fix: propagate CLI command exit codes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
- **#62832: fix(console): preserve integer command-handler exit statuses (#62810)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#62844`, `#43645`, `#62810`
  - files: `hermes_cli/console_engine.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_console_engine.py`
- **#104432: fix(cli): treat bool handler results as success, not exit 1**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#62810`, `#62826`, `#103272`

## Fix status

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