# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Remote sudo password prompt and unrelated refactor

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Two or three items address a bug where SSH/remote terminal sessions incorrectly prompt for a sudo password despite NOPASSWD being configured. One item is an unrelated large-scale codebase refactoring with no stated behavior change.

## 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 #107939. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #107939 (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-107939`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #83327: \[Bug\]: SSH/remote terminal backend prompts for sudo password even when the remote sandbox has NOPASSWD sudo

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102117: refactor: whole-codebase simplification — −34% source LOC, every god file decomposed, zero behavior change**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `.github/workflows/lint.yml`, `AGENTS.md`, `COMPAT_MANIFEST.md`, `CONTRIBUTING.md`, `acp_adapter/auth.py`, `acp_adapter/commands.py`, `acp_adapter/content.py`, `acp_adapter/edit_approval.py`, `acp_adapter/entry.py`, `acp_adapter/events.py`, `acp_adapter/model_catalog.py`, `acp_adapter/permissions.py`, `acp_adapter/provenance.py`, `acp_adapter/server.py`, `acp_adapter/session.py`, `acp_adapter/tools.py`, `agent/AGENTS.md`, `agent/__init__.py`, `agent/account_usage.py`, `agent/acp_openai_bridge.py` (+2635 more)
- **#107939: fix(terminal): remote NOPASSWD sudo no longer prompts for a password (#83327, salvage #83357)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_base_environment.py`, `tests/tools/test_subagent_sudo_prompt.py`, `tests/tools/test_terminal_tool.py`, `tools/environments/base.py`, `tools/environments/docker.py`, `tools/environments/local.py`, `tools/environments/singularity.py`, `tools/environments/ssh.py`, `tools/terminal_tool_sudo.py`
- **#83357: fix(terminal): stop remote NOPASSWD sudo from prompting for a password**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `d8a39d0977`, `33c86fcb80`, `#107939`, `#102117`, `#83327`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #107939 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-11`.
- Subsystem: `environments`