# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Empty execute_code capability set behavior fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #84271: Explicit empty execute_code capability set broadens to all sandbox tools
- PR #86148: fix(tools): empty execute_code capability set denies all sandbox tools

These members address a disagreement or bug around how an explicit empty execute_code capability set is interpreted, with fixes asserting it should deny all sandbox tools rather than broaden access to them.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #84271: Explicit empty execute_code capability set broadens to all sandbox tools

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86148: fix(tools): empty execute_code capability set denies all sandbox tools**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `f6f90cd9d15ad0b94299dced678feb39ade0ac17`, `68518c1f9bca11d9f5dbdf59ecf7e024cce057ba`, `faf9d60580300e16`, `f0187332d13679e2ace74d1f0eb399eb91a90571`, `#84271`, `#52000`, `#94875`, `#95515`, `#94647`, `#90050`, `#65592`, `#86148`
  - files: `tests/agent/test_plugin_prompt_sections.py`, `tests/tools/test_code_execution.py`, `tools/code_execution_tool.py`
- **#88814: fix(security): treat explicit empty execute_code grant as deny-all**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#86148`

## Fix status

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