# NousResearch/hermes-agent · File-mutation verifier footer breaks silence suppression

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #75772: \[cron\] File-mutation verifier footer appended after \[SILENT\] defeats delivery suppression
- PR #75794: fix: skip file-mutation verifier footer when response is a silence marker (#75772)

A bug where the file-mutation verifier footer is appended to silent/suppressed responses, defeating delivery suppression logic. Fixes involve skipping the footer when the response is a silence marker.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #75772: \[cron\] File-mutation verifier footer appended after \[SILENT\] defeats delivery suppression

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#75794: fix: skip file-mutation verifier footer when response is a silence marker (#75772)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/turn_finalizer.py`, `tests/agent/test_turn_finalizer_silence_verifier.py`
- **#76833: fix(cron): skip file-mutation verifier footer on silence responses (#75772)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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