# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Shift+Space CSI bytes leaking into buffer

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #88109: fix(cli): stop Shift+Space from inserting raw CSI bytes
- PR #103869: fix(cli): derive Shift+punctuation from the user's layout, never from US (#93633)

These issues and PRs concern a bug where pressing Shift+Space causes raw CSI escape bytes to be inserted into the terminal buffer. The work involves identifying and fixing this input-handling problem in the CLI.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #99488. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99488 (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-99488`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #88071: \[Bug\] Shift+Space still leaks raw CSI bytes into the buffer on main — follow-up to #86866

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99488: fix(cli): stop raw CSI bytes leaking into the buffer for Shift+Space and Shift+letter (salvage #88097)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/pt_input_extras.py`, `tests/cli/test_modify_other_keys_aliases.py`
- **#88097: fix(cli): stop Shift+Space CSI bytes leaking into buffer (#88071)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#99488`
- **#88109: fix(cli): stop Shift+Space from inserting raw CSI bytes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#87785`, `#90640`, `#88097`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/pt_input_extras.py`, `tests/cli/test_modify_other_keys_aliases.py`
- **#103869: fix(cli): derive Shift+punctuation from the user's layout, never from US (#93633)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `e368bff165`, `#103948`
  - files: `hermes_cli/pt_input_extras.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_keypress_data_normalization_guard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_shift_punctuation_layout.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99488 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`