# NousResearch/hermes-agent · SSH/remote backend cwd handling bug fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #83515: \[Bug\]: SSH backend discards per-session project cwd and validates remote paths locally
- PR #128815: fix(agent): honor a remote backend's cwd instead of validating it against the host

These items address a bug where the agent incorrectly validates a remote backend's working directory against the local filesystem instead of honoring the remote path. The fix ensures per-session project cwd is respected for non-local backends.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #83515: \[Bug\]: SSH backend discards per-session project cwd and validates remote paths locally

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#83574: fix(agent): honor non-local backend cwd instead of validating it against the local filesystem**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`
- **#128815: fix(agent): honor a remote backend's cwd instead of validating it against the host**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/runtime_cwd.py`, `tests/agent/test_runtime_cwd_remote.py`

## Fix status

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