# NousResearch/hermes-agent · chat -c silent failure and --create-if-missing flag

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address the behavior of \`chat -c\` when no session matches a given title, proposing it should fail loudly on stderr rather than silently no-op, and introducing a \`--create-if-missing\` flag as an alternative.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #87706. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #87706 (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-87706`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #86794: chat -c "<title>" silently no-ops when no session matches (fail loudly / --create-if-missing)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#87706: fix(cli): chat -c fails loudly on stderr and gains --create-if-missing (salvage #86812)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/yflmq001@users.noreply.github.com`, `hermes_cli/_parser.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_chat_c_fail_loudly.py`
- **#86812: fix(cli): chat -c fails loudly on stderr and gains --create-if-missing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#87706`, `#86794`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #87706 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-16`.