# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Escape user text in CLI to prevent Rich markup crashes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #98789: bug(cli): query-file text that looks like Rich markup crashes chat startup
- PR #98798: fix(cli): escape the single-query label so query-file markup can't crash startup

These issues and PRs concern a bug where user-supplied query or file text containing Rich markup syntax causes a crash at CLI startup. The fixes involve escaping that text before it is rendered in labels or banners.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #98789: bug(cli): query-file text that looks like Rich markup crashes chat startup

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98798: fix(cli): escape the single-query label so query-file markup can't crash startup**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#54966`, `#98789`
  - files: `hermes_cli/cli_single_query.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_single_query_label_markup.py`
- **#99103: fix(cli): escape Rich markup in query-file label to prevent MarkupError crash**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#54966`
- **#99191: fix(cli): escape user query text in the single-query "Query:" banner (#98789)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#54966`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`