# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Docker container fast path bypassing deny policy

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where Docker execution without host mounts skips the approvals.deny policy entirely via a container fast path, plus associated fixes to enforce deny policy inside isolated Docker and cloud sandboxes.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #103649. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #103649 (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-103649`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #91002: \[Bug\]: Docker without host mounts skips the entire approvals.deny policy via the container fast path (not a single-rule exemption or matcher bug)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103649: fix(approval): approvals.deny is enforced inside isolated Docker/cloud sandboxes, not skipped by the container fast path (#91002, salvage #91029)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/approvals_test.py`, `tests/tools/test_approval_deny_rules.py`, `tools/approval.py`
- **#91029: fix(approval): prevent Docker authorization bypass of deny policy**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `9e23028e2e`, `#103649`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #103649 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-05`.
- Subsystem: `environments`