[Hermes Agent] can't update - cannot import name 'line_input' from 'hermes_cli.cli_output' #17208

Script: Hermes Agent

Reported by: @kintaro1981

Guidelines

• Read and understood guidelines: yes
• Verbose mode used: yes

Issue occurs during: Script Update

Environment

• Linux distribution: Debian
• Proxmox version: 9.1
• Default settings: Yes
• Advanced settings: No
• Exact command: update

Description

I was trying to update the lxc

Steps to reproduce

launch: update

Error output

root@hermesagent:~# update
__ __ ___ __
/ / / /__ _________ ___ ___ _____ / | ____ ____ ____ / /_
/ // / _ / / __ __ \/ _ \/ ___/ / /| |/ __ / _ / __ / __/
/ __ / __/ / / / / / / / ( ) / ___ / // / _/ / / / /
// //___// // // //___// // |_, /_// //_/
/___/
💡 Continuing update of Hermes Agent despite an active breaking change — review #16749 if you have not.
__ __ ___ __
/ / / / _________ ___ ___ _____ / | ____ ____ ____ / /_
/ // / _ / / __ __ \/ _ \/ ___/ / /| |/ __ / _ / __ / __/
/ __ / __/ / / / / / / / ( ) / ___ / // / _/ / / / /
// //___// // // //___// // |_, /___// //_/
/___/

💡 WARNING: This script will run an external installer from a third-party source (https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/).
💡 The following code is NOT maintained or audited by our repository.
💡 If you have any doubts or concerns, please review the installer code before proceeding:
🌐 → hermes update (https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/)

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✔️ Stopped Services
⏳ Updating Hermes Agent⚕ Updating Hermes Agent...

(removed stale git lock(s): /home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent/.git/shallow.lock)
→ Fetching updates...
→ Found 10144 new commit(s)
→ Pulling updates...
⚠ Fast-forward not possible (history diverged), resetting to match remote...
✓ Cleared 113 stale pycache directories
→ Updating Python dependencies...
Using Python 3.11.16 environment at: venv
Resolved 100 packages in 3.82s
Built hermes-agent @ file:///home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent Prepared 4 packages in 3.12s
Uninstalled 2 packages in 21ms
Installed 4 packages in 672ms

• firecrawl-anydoc==0.2.4

• hermes-agent==0.20.4 (from file:///home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent)

• hermes-agent==0.21.2 (from file:///home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent)

• nemo-relay==0.7.3

• nemo-relay==0.8.4
• snowballstemmer==3.1.1
  ✓ Cleared 1 stale pycache directory
  Using Python 3.11.16 environment at: venv
  Resolved 1 package in 209ms
  Prepared 1 package in 919ms
  Uninstalled 1 package in 26ms
  Installed 1 package in 383ms

• pip==26.2

• pip==26.2.1

→ Refreshing 13 active lazy backend(s)...
✓ 13 already current
→ Warming npx cache for agent-browser...
/home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent/hermes_cli/update_cmd.py:2571: HermesPluginCompatWarning: hermes plugin compat: tools.browser_tool.warm_agent_browser_npx_cache moved to tools.browser_tool_install.warm_agent_browser_npx_cache. The old path is kept only for external plugins and is removed on 2026-09-14; update your import.
→ Updating Node.js dependencies...

hermes-agent@1.0.0 postinstall
echo '✅ Node dependencies installed. Run: python run_agent.py --help'

✅ Node dependencies installed. Run: python run_agent.py --help

added 551 packages in 7s
✓ ui-tui, web workspaces installed (desktop skipped)
→ Building web UI...

> web@0.0.0 build
> tsc -b && vite build

(!) Your Vite config uses features that are unsupported by `configLoader: 'native'`, which is planned to become the default in a future major version of Vite:
  - `__dirname` (vite.config.ts:80:25). Use `import.meta.dirname` instead
Set `VITE_CONFIG_NATIVE_IGNORE_WARNING=true` to suppress this warning.
vite v8.2.0 building client environment for production...

transforming...✓ 2224 modules transformed.
rendering chunks...
computing gzip size...
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✓ built in 7.13s

✓ Web UI built

✓ Code updated! [main @ eec131b716]
✓ Model catalog cache refreshed from checkout

→ Syncing bundled skills...

• 1 new: github
  ↑ 17 updated: simplify-code, codebase-inspection, spike, test-driven-development, requesting-code-review, hermes-agent-skill-authoring, systematic-debugging, document-to-action-items, google-workspace, teams-meeting-pipeline, pdf, hermes-agent, computer-use, blocked-page-recovery, competitor-news-monitor, grounded-citations, arxiv
  − 25 removed from manifest
  → 2 moved to new upstream paths: codebase-inspection, blocked-page-recovery

→ Syncing bundled skills to all profiles...
default: up to date

→ Checking configuration for new options...
✓ Configuration is up to date

✓ Update complete! (v0.20.4 → v0.21.2) [main @ eec131b716]

→ Refreshing cua-driver (Computer Use)...
/home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent/hermes_cli/tools_config.py:1160: HermesPluginCompatWarning: hermes plugin compat: tools.computer_use.cua_backend.cua_driver_update_check moved to tools.computer_use.cua_backend_driver.cua_driver_update_check. The old path is kept only for external plugins and is removed on 2026-09-14; update your import.
✓ cua-driver upgraded: cua-driver 0.20.0 → cua-driver 0.28.1

⚠ Update incomplete — gateway auto-restart failed: cannot import name 'line_input' from 'hermes_cli.cli_output' (/home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent/hermes_cli/cli_output.py)
Any gateway still running is serving pre-update code
(mixed sys.modules) against the updated checkout.
Restart it manually, then verify:
hermes gateway restart
hermes gateway status
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent/hermes", line 11, in
main()
File "/home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent/hermes_cli/main.py", line 13755, in main
File "/home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent/hermes_cli/main.py", line 9964, in cmd_update
File "/home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent/hermes_cli/update_cmd.py", line 6770, in _cmd_update_impl
File "/home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent/hermes_cli/update_cmd.py", line 692, in _finish_dashboard_update_cleanup
_windows_gateway_resume=_windows_gateway_resume)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent/hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py", line 329, in _kill_stale_dashboard_processes
from hermes_cli import main_dashboard as _dash
File "/home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent/hermes_cli/main_dashboard.py", line 16, in
from hermes_cli.cli_output import line_input
ImportError: cannot import name 'line_input' from 'hermes_cli.cli_output' (/home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent/hermes_cli/cli_output.py)
✖️ in line 51: exit code 1 (General error / Operation not permitted): while executing command setsid --wait bash -c '
set -a; source /etc/default/hermes; set +a
/home/hermes/.local/bin/hermes update --yes
'

--- Last 20 lines of log ---
[2026-09-12 11:40:10] [WARN] Continuing update of Hermes Agent despite an active breaking change — review #16749 if you have not.
[2026-09-12 11:40:10] [WARN] WARNING: This script will run an external installer from a third-party source (https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/).
[2026-09-12 11:40:10] [WARN] The following code is NOT maintained or audited by our repository.
[2026-09-12 11:40:10] [WARN] If you have any doubts or concerns, please review the installer code before proceeding:
[2026-09-12 11:40:10] → hermes update (https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/)
[2026-09-12 11:40:26] [INFO] Stopping Services
[2026-09-12 11:40:26] [OK] Stopped Services
[2026-09-12 11:40:26] [INFO] Updating Hermes Agent
[2026-09-12 11:47:49] [ERROR] in line 51: exit code 1 (General error / Operation not permitted): while executing command setsid --wait bash -c '
set -a; source /etc/default/hermes; set +a
/home/hermes/.local/bin/hermes update --yes
'