# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI clipboard probed repeatedly on empty paste

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #75150: \[Bug\]: TUI empty-bracketed-paste probes system clipboard in a loop — macOS privacy prompt storm + infinite clipboard image auto-attach (regression of #23984, still in v0.19.1)
- PR #75637: fix(tui): debounce speculative clipboard probe on empty bracketed-paste (#75150)

A bug causes the TUI to repeatedly probe the system clipboard when an empty bracketed-paste event occurs, triggering macOS privacy prompts and unintended clipboard image attachments. Two fixes address this by debouncing the speculative clipboard probe in that scenario.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #75150: \[Bug\]: TUI empty-bracketed-paste probes system clipboard in a loop — macOS privacy prompt storm + infinite clipboard image auto-attach (regression of #23984, still in v0.19.1)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#75637: fix(tui): debounce speculative clipboard probe on empty bracketed-paste (#75150)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `7b58e57bc000`, `#75150`, `#75637`, `#75644`, `#374151`
  - files: `ui-tui/src/__tests__/clipboardProbe.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/useComposerState.ts`, `ui-tui/src/lib/clipboardProbeLatch.ts`
- **#75644: fix(tui): debounce quiet empty-paste clipboard probes (#75150)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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