# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Terminal config precedence over .env TERMINAL_ENV

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the .env TERMINAL_ENV value silently overrides the terminal.backend setting in config.yaml. The work focuses on ensuring explicit config.yaml terminal settings take precedence over stale .env values.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #76047. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #76047 (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-76047`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #71137: \[Bug\]: .env TERMINAL_ENV=ssh silently overrides config.yaml terminal.backend=local

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#76047: fix(terminal): honor explicit config keys over stale .env TERMINAL_ENV (#71137)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/tools/test_terminal_env_bridge.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#77180: fix(env): config.yaml terminal.* keys win over stale .env on every reload (#29186)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/env_loader.py`, `tests/gateway/test_runtime_env_reload_config_authority.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dump_terminal_backend.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_env_loader.py`
- **#71139: fix(terminal): config.yaml terminal section takes precedence over .env TERMINAL_ENV**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#77180`
- **#71247: fix(tools): config.yaml terminal.backend overrides stale .env TERMINAL_ENV (#71137)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#76047`, `#71139`, `#71139`
- **#71384: fix(terminal): config.yaml terminal.backend takes precedence over .env TERMINAL_ENV**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#76047`, `#71247`, `#71139`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #76047 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-03`.
- Subsystem: `environments`