# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Agent self-termination prevention and bypass gating

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #71957: Container-backend bypass waives self-termination prevention, which has no host-safety rationale
- PR #43157: feat(approval): block agents from killing their own gateway/host process
- PR #71965: fix(approval): keep self-termination gated under the container-backend bypass (#71957)

These members discuss a feature to block agents from killing their own gateway or host process, and debate whether the container-backend bypass should waive that protection. The thread examines the safety rationale for gating self-termination prevention behind the bypass flag.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #71957: Container-backend bypass waives self-termination prevention, which has no host-safety rationale

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#43157: feat(approval): block agents from killing their own gateway/host process**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `2f05e2b9cd762a1423f0a38d6ff688b96a7e7672`, `#165`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_hardline_blocklist.py`, `tests/tools/test_local_interrupt_cleanup.py`, `tools/approval.py`
- **#71965: fix(approval): keep self-termination gated under the container-backend bypass (#71957)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `14bdd2c1b820`, `#71957`, `#71965`, `#43157`, `#374151`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_container_self_disruption_bypass.py`, `tools/approval.py`, `tools/approval_detection.py`, `website/docs/guides/tips.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/security.md`

## Fix status

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