# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Terminal tool repeated-call circuit breaker for hardline blocks

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #69256: \[Bug\]: terminal tool has no repeated-identical-call circuit breaker — hardline-blocked commands retry 30+ times and kill the session
- PR #69346: fix(terminal): add a repeated-identical-call circuit breaker for hardline blocks

A bug was identified where hardline-blocked terminal commands retry excessively (30+ times), and a circuit breaker fix was proposed and referenced across these items.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #69256: \[Bug\]: terminal tool has no repeated-identical-call circuit breaker — hardline-blocked commands retry 30+ times and kill the session

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69346: fix(terminal): add a repeated-identical-call circuit breaker for hardline blocks**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `5d0ed4529e03`, `#69256`, `#69346`, `#69347`, `#374151`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_terminal_repeat_breaker.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#69347: fix(terminal): circuit-break repeated hardline-blocked commands (#69256)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

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