# NousResearch/hermes-agent · PTY flag ignored in foreground terminal mode

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #81756: pty=true silently ignored in foreground mode
- PR #81814: fix(terminal): honor foreground PTY requests

These issues and pull requests concern a bug where setting pty=true is silently ignored when running terminal commands in foreground mode. The work involves identifying and fixing the behavior so foreground PTY requests are properly honored.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #81756: pty=true silently ignored in foreground mode

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81814: fix(terminal): honor foreground PTY requests**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `76059b70f`, `d109785bb`, `#80893`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_managed_browserbase_and_modal.py`, `tests/tools/test_terminal_tool_pty_fallback.py`, `tools/environments/base.py`, `tools/environments/local.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#81873: fix(terminal): honor pty=true in foreground execution (#81756)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#81814`, `#81756`

## Fix status

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