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Evidence record / hermes-agent

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2026-08-20-hermes-cli-execute-code-approval-and-yolo-toggle-still-unreleased

Three approval-surface holes merged after v2026.8.18 and before window close. They are main-unreleased as of 2026-08-20. They later became ancestors of v2026.8.19 (published 2026-08-21, out of window). Do not upgrade-instruct to that tag in this brief.

PR #90224 merge f0ffcbc7 (2026-08-19): check_execute_code_guard on the CLI queued pending_approval with no panel. compare v2026.8.18...f0ffcbc7 status=ahead, ahead_by=334. PR #90391 merge b0350365 (2026-08-20): /yolo OFF under --yolo printed that approvals were back while process-frozen YOLO still auto-approved. ahead_by=432. PR #90765 merge 1179f148 (2026-08-20): Bot Mode group-chat member approvals had no UI tile and timed out at 300s. ahead_by=610. Also unreleased in this tag: hub inspect/install mixing one registry's metadata with another's files (#89416, e88d8831, ahead_by=75).

Channel: main-unreleased. Half: defect.

Operator consequence: on v2026.8.18, a quiet CLI execute_code session is not evidence the script was safe; a /yolo OFF message under --yolo is not a stop; a 300s "thinking" hang in a bot group chat may be the approval you missed. Restart the process to leave YOLO. Wait for a tag that contains those SHAs.

Receipt

Finding metadata

Confidence
high

Run: 2026-08-20-brief-2026-08-17_2026-08-20-frontier-v0

Finding ID: 2026-08-20-hermes-cli-execute-code-approval-and-yolo-toggle-still-unreleased

Profile citations

  • Hermes Agent / claim / cli-execute-code-and-yolo-toggle-unreleased

Source links

Primary links, including exact changelog lines when available.

  1. Hermes Agent
    github pr2026-08-20-hermes-cli-execute-code-approval-and-yolo-toggle-still-unreleasedgithub.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/90224github pr2026-08-20-hermes-cli-execute-code-approval-and-yolo-toggle-still-unreleasedgithub.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/90391github pr2026-08-20-hermes-cli-execute-code-approval-and-yolo-toggle-still-unreleasedgithub.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/90765

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