# NousResearch/hermes-agent · --in flag ignored when using one-shot mode (-z)

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Reports and addresses a bug where the --in <dir> option is silently overridden by a restored session working directory when running in one-shot mode (-z). Includes two related fix attempts targeting this CLI behavior.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #85495: \`--in <dir>\` is silently overridden by restored session cwd in one-shot mode (\`-z\`)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#85543: fix(cli): honor --in in one-shot mode**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#87501`
- **#87501: fix(cli): honor --in in one-shot mode**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `86d606ca34`, `#105892`, `#85495`, `#85543`

## Fix status

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