# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS TCC permissions lost on managed Python rotation

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug causes macOS Full Disk Access and other TCC permissions to be silently revoked when the CLI rotates its managed Python runtime during security repairs, because each new build receives a fresh ad-hoc signature. The accompanying items propose fixes involving stable code-signing identity to preserve TCC grants across runtime updates.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #95478. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95478 (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-95478`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #82427: \[Bug\]: CLI/gateway managed Python runtime rotation (repair_vulnerable_runtime()) mints a new ad-hoc-signed CPython build on every SQLite CVE fix, silently revoking macOS Full Disk Access every time

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95131: macOS terminal permissions no longer reset on every Python patch update (salvage #85416)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor.py`, `hermes_cli/macos_tcc_anchor.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_macos_tcc_anchor.py`
- **#95478: macOS permissions survive security repairs — managed-runtime rotations signed with a stable identity, anchor re-anchors after (salvage #82529)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/macos_tcc_anchor.py`, `hermes_cli/managed_uv.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_macos_tcc_anchor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_managed_uv.py`
- **#82529: fix: preserve macOS TCC identity for managed Python**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `7a10d91b29f51e64ae197dc5102fc570bc3fb087`, `#95478`, `#95131`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95478 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`