# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Terminal checkpoint coverage beyond regex matching

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #69171: \[Bug\]: terminal checkpoints rely on a bypassable command regex
- PR #69194: fix(agent): checkpoint every terminal workdir
- PR #69215: fix(agent): checkpoint every terminal call, not just regex-matched ones (#69171)

These members address a bug where terminal checkpoints were only triggered by a regex-matched command pattern, and introduce fixes to checkpoint on every terminal call or working directory change instead.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #69171: \[Bug\]: terminal checkpoints rely on a bypassable command regex

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69194: fix(agent): checkpoint every terminal workdir**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `56d721aaa69c`, `#69171`, `#69194`, `#69215`, `#374151`
  - files: `agent/tool_executor.py`, `tests/agent/test_tool_executor_checkpoint_paths.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#69215: fix(agent): checkpoint every terminal call, not just regex-matched ones (#69171)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/tool_executor.py`, `tests/agent/test_tool_executor_checkpoint_paths.py`

## Fix status

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