# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI keyboard modifier key mapping fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address gaps in the CLI's handling of modified key combinations, particularly Ctrl/Alt/Shift combos and Ctrl+Backspace from terminals using enhanced keyboard protocols like CSI-u and modifyOtherKeys level 2.

## 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 #87511. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #87511 (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-87511`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #78285: \[Bug\]: CLI (prompt_toolkit) drops Ctrl+Backspace from CSI-u terminals — only Cmd+Backspace is aliased, and the Ink TUI + Desktop already handle it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#87511: fix(cli): map all Ctrl/Alt/Shift+key combos under modifyOtherKeys level 2**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/pt_input_extras.py`, `tests/cli/test_modify_other_keys_aliases.py`
- **#78302: fix(cli): map Ctrl+Backspace from enhanced terminals (#78285)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `1df1770184ffebef06ed8d01e29d32bd4d0aa13e`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #87511 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-16`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`