# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI startup config warnings ANSI rendering fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #87919: \[Bug\]: Garbled ANSI escape codes in config validation warnings at startup
- PR #87924: fix(cli): route startup config warnings through the prompt_toolkit renderer
- PR #90990: fix(cli): render startup config warnings through prompt_toolkit (#87919)

These members concern garbled or incorrectly rendered ANSI escape codes in configuration validation warnings displayed at CLI startup. The proposed fix routes those warnings through the prompt_toolkit renderer instead of writing them directly.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #87919: \[Bug\]: Garbled ANSI escape codes in config validation warnings at startup

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#87924: fix(cli): route startup config warnings through the prompt_toolkit renderer**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#87919`, `#2448`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_deprecated_cwd_warning.py`
- **#90990: fix(cli): render startup config warnings through prompt_toolkit (#87919)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#87924`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_deprecated_cwd_warning.py`
- **#131308: fix(cli): route config warnings through should_use_color**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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