# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows destructive command detection in approval system

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #69489: fix(approval): detect native Windows destructive commands
- PR #84563: fix(security): add the Windows analogues of the shutdown/mkfs hardline rules

These items address a gap where the approval system did not recognize destructive PowerShell and native Windows commands or paths. The work adds Windows-specific hardline rules analogous to existing Unix-side protections.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #84428. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #84428 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-84428`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #69472: Bug: Approval system is blind to destructive PowerShell / Windows paths on Windows hosts

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#84428: fix(security): approval system covers Windows destructive commands and paths**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_approval_windows.py`, `tools/approval.py`
- **#69489: fix(approval): detect native Windows destructive commands**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `e8ef558b1bae`, `#69472`, `#69489`, `#374151`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_approval.py`, `tools/approval.py`
- **#84563: fix(security): add the Windows analogues of the shutdown/mkfs hardline rules**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_approval_windows.py`, `tools/approval.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #84428 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-12`.
- Subsystem: `agent`