# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix Python test runner detection from actual files

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #90276: bug: hermes verify infers pytest/unittest from directory shape instead of real test files
- PR #104890: fix(verify): detect Python test runners from real files

A bug was reported and fixes were proposed for Hermes verify incorrectly inferring pytest/unittest based on directory structure rather than examining real test files.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #90276: bug: hermes verify infers pytest/unittest from directory shape instead of real test files

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#90312: fix(verify): detect Python test runner from real test files, not directory shape**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#104890: fix(verify): detect Python test runners from real files**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `6c74b27dc7db3da9112e68d79ed190ebb2e10bac`, `9e0dc4319ae2d59c60f5226b5c0af58d17755bfa`
  - files: `agent/verify/recipes.py`, `hermes_cli/verify_cmd.py`, `tests/verify/test_recipes.py`, `tests/verify/test_verify_cmd.py`

## Fix status

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