# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Plugin enable hangs when stdout not a terminal

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where \`hermes plugins enable\` hangs indefinitely in non-interactive environments, and related fixes adding an isatty guard and fail-closed behavior to the tool-override consent prompt.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116927. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116927 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #89600: \[Bug\]: \`hermes plugins enable\` hangs indefinitely when stdout is redirected — \`_resolve_tool_override_grant()\` has no isatty guard

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116927: fix(plugins): enable no longer prompts for a tool-override grant a capability-less plugin never requested (#116286, salvage #116306)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_enable_no_capabilities.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_cmd_enable_disable_nested.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/plugins/index.md`
- **#89604: fix(plugins): fail closed on non-interactive tool-override consent**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `09bcf178014`, `#89600`, `#116927`, `#116306`
- **#89605: fix(plugins): add isatty guard to _resolve_tool_override_grant — closes #89600**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `09bcf178014`, `#89600`, `#116927`, `#116306`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116927 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`