NousResearch/hermes-agent

macOS TCC anchor aliases breaking Python interpreter

Cluster 95541. Data as of 2026-10-25 11:21 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #95563 on 26 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and PRs concern a macOS-specific problem where TCC anchor handling causes Python aliases or symlinks to lose access to the standard library, resulting in ModuleNotFoundError at startup. Proposed approaches include keeping aliases bootable, materializing real-file copies, and reverting the anchor change entirely.

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#95563 Revert the macOS interpreter anchor — hermes commands no longer die in dyld (#95425, #95541)

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files: hermes_cli/doctor.py, hermes_cli/macos_tcc_anchor.py, hermes_cli/update_cmd.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_macos_tcc_anchor.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_tcc_anchor_revert.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2

#95358 fix(macos): keep TCC anchor aliases bootable · done elsewhere → 2f9e187, #95563
#95551 fix(macos): materialize TCC anchor aliases as real-file copies · done elsewhere → 2f9e187, #95563, #95358

Closed issues · 1

Closed#95541[Bug]: macOS TCC anchor re-points venv python3 aliases to symlinks that cannot find the stdlib — CLI dies with ModuleNotFoundError: encodings

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Merged PRs: #95563
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 2 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 26 Aug 2026

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