NousResearch/hermes-agent

Shell hook approval and policy enforcement fixes

Cluster 92553. Data as of 2026-10-29 11:48 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #118844 on 22 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address bugs and behavioral gaps in shell hook approval handling: 'approve' actions being silently discarded or bypassed, and hook policy logic around guard failures, precedence, and async dispatch.

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#118844 Plugin hook policy: hung or raising guards fail closed without wedging, block outranks approve, shell approve reaches the gate, async pre_gateway_dispatch awaited (#105223 #109624 #87420 #92553 #105827 #110241)

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files: agent/shell_hooks.py, gateway/run_inbound.py, hermes_cli/lifecycle.py, hermes_cli/middleware.py, hermes_cli/plugins.py, hermes_cli/plugins_dispatch.py, tests/agent/test_shell_hooks.py, tests/gateway/test_bot_loop_guard.py, tests/gateway/test_pre_gateway_dispatch.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins.py, website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

#92562 fix(hooks): stop shell hook approval requests from bypassing confirmation · done elsewhere → 75e9567, #118844

Closed issues · 1

Closed#92553pre_tool_call shell hooks silently discard the documented "approve" action, and hooks doctor reports them healthy

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Merged PRs: #118844
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 22 Sep 2026

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