# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Background command queued behind active CLI turn

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where the /background command (and its aliases /bg, /btw) is queued until the current CLI turn finishes rather than being dispatched immediately inline. The members address identifying and fixing this dispatch timing behavior.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #75267. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #75267 (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-75267`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #75221: \[Bug\]: \`/background\` (\`/bg\`, \`/btw\`) is queued until the active CLI turn finishes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#75267: fix(cli): dispatch /background inline instead of queuing it behind the turn**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_background_busy_path.py`
- **#75303: fix(cli): dispatch /background inline while agent is running (#75221)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#75267`, `#75221`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #75267 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-01`.