# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Defer update notice to avoid garbled CLI output

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #92362: cli: defer the update notice behind the active turn instead of interleaving output

These items address the update notice being printed at the wrong time or through the wrong output path, causing garbled or interleaved text in the CLI. The fix routes the notice through a patch_stdout-safe mechanism and defers it until after the active turn completes.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 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 #104181. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104181 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #92362: cli: defer the update notice behind the active turn instead of interleaving output

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104181: fix(banner): route the deferred update notice through prompt_toolkit so it is not garbled under patch_stdout**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `evals/cli_deferred_notice.py`, `hermes_cli/banner.py`, `tests/tools/test_startup_latency_regressions.py`
- **#92486: fix(cli): print deferred update notice through a patch_stdout-safe printer**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `080422216f8`, `#104181`, `#83972`, `#104154`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104181 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-06`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`