# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Termux install Python version upper bound fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a failure in the install.sh script on Termux when the default Python version is 3.14 or higher, which exceeds the supported range. The work involves detecting and enforcing a Python version upper bound during Termux installation.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #100574. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #100574 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #71331: install.sh: Termux install fails when default Python is 3.14+ (requires-python <3.14)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100574: fix(install): select a supported Python on Termux, with TUR fallback (#59877)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `scripts/install.sh`, `setup-hermes.sh`, `tests/test_install_sh_termux_python_bounds.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/termux.md`
- **#71339: fix(install): enforce Termux Python upper bound**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100574`
- **#71423: fix(installer): validate Python upper bound on Termux (#71331)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#71339`, `#71339`
- **#71499: fix(install): select supported Python on Termux**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#71339`, `#71339`, `#100574`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #100574 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-01`.
- Subsystem: `apps/bootstrap-installer`