# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Test isolation fixes for config test suite

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address order-dependent state leaks and module identity issues causing flaky or broken tests in the config/CLI test suite when run as a full suite rather than in isolation.

## 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 #74576. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #74576 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #73144: test_config.py::TestSanitizeEnvLines::test_migrate_reports_normalized_line_formatting fails only in full tests/hermes_cli/ suite (order-dependent state leak)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#74576: test: round-3 stability closeout — 12 salvaged PRs, order-dependence root fixes, guard precision**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `.gitignore`, `.lazy-refresh-incomplete`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/_early_recovery.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `pyproject.toml`, `scripts/run_tests.sh`, `scripts/run_tests_parallel.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_refs_concurrent.py`, `tests/agent/test_memory_boundary_commit.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_yolo_toggle.py`, `tests/conftest.py`, `tests/gateway/conftest.py`, `tests/gateway/test_dm_topics.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_backup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_checkout_mutation_guards.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_signal_handler_kanban_worker.py` (+15 more)
- **#73272: fix(tests): preserve config module identity in backup tests**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `57cd9221eb`, `#74576`, `#73144`, `#73304`
- **#73304: fix(test): prevent test-isolation leak in test_migrate_reports_normalized_line_formatting**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#73272`
- **#73630: fix(cli): repair broken test_migrate_reports in test_config.py**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `3233de9a21`, `#73144`, `#74576`, `#73272`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #74576 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-30`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`