# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix inline comment parsing in .env config values

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #76544: config: _parse_env_value keeps inline comments as part of .env values (broken base URLs, opaque 404)
- PR #77218: fix(config): strip inline comments from unquoted .env values (#76544)

A bug where inline comments were incorrectly retained as part of unquoted .env values, causing broken base URLs and opaque 404 errors. The members cover the bug report and two proposed or applied fixes to the .env parser.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #76544: config: _parse_env_value keeps inline comments as part of .env values (broken base URLs, opaque 404)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#76545: fix(config): parse .env through pinned python-dotenv instead of hand-rolled parser (#76544)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `b4debdf2828f`, `#76544`, `#76545`, `#77218`, `#1`, `#15803`, `#14532`, `#6`, `#9`, `#374151`, `#4338`
- **#77218: fix(config): strip inline comments from unquoted .env values (#76544)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `6ee4e722290c`, `#76544`, `#77218`, `#76545`, `#374151`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`

## Fix status

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