# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Terminal snapshot leaking delegation/cron session markers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where delegation and cron session markers (such as HERMES_DELEGATED_CHILD_CONTEXT) were being captured in terminal environment snapshots, causing interference with CLI tools like kanban in parent sessions.

## 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 #114312. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114312 (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-114312`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #90782: Terminal env snapshot leaks HERMES_DELEGATED_CHILD_CONTEXT, breaks kanban CLI in parent session

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114312: Parent session no longer inherits the delegate_task marker from the terminal snapshot (#90782, #71941; salvage #90786)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_snapshot_session_id_leak.py`, `tools/environments/base_session_env.py`
- **#90786: fix(tools): stop the terminal snapshot from persisting delegation markers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#90782`
- **#91484: fix(tools): exclude delegated child and cron session markers from terminal snapshots**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `6bd7038ed5dd888114d79da5ce37a993c97cca95`, `6654f1779f3c341eb4f8851bbb5d8724230cbdfa`, `#90786`, `#90782`, `#91484`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114312 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.
- Subsystem: `environments`