# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix repeated CLI status frames stacking mid-turn

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where prompt_toolkit status spinner frames accumulate or leak into the CLI/TUI output during a turn, including on Windows. The work focuses on detecting prompt_toolkit stdout proxies to prevent frame stacking in scrollback.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #70031: \[Bug\]: TUI/CLI status lines repeat mid-turn even with streaming=false and interface=cli

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70306: fix(cli): stop mid-turn chrome from leaking into scrollback (#70031)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#71502: fix(display): detect prompt_toolkit stdout proxies to stop spinner frame stacking (#70031)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#73241`, `#70031`
- **#87278: fix(cli): stop stacked prompt_toolkit status frames (mid-turn chrome + Windows orphans)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `5e67561cdc`

## Fix status

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