# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Lifecycle guard bypass via dot-sourced scripts

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a bug where dot-operator sourced scripts were not being scanned by the lifecycle guard, potentially allowing them to bypass security checks. Related fixes also cover NUL-padded scripts evading the same guard.

## 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 #93411. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93411 (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-93411`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #77925: lifecycle_guard: dot-operator sourced scripts are never scanned (Path(".").name is "")

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93411: fix: dot-sourced and NUL-padded scripts no longer bypass the gateway lifecycle guard (#77925 #77927, salvage #77926 #77928)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/lifecycle_guard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_restart_loop.py`
- **#77926: fix(cron): scan dot-operator sourced scripts in lifecycle guard (#77925)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `a9e46229b265`, `#93411`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93411 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.
- Subsystem: `cron`