fix(tools): respect configured terminal cwd during init

tests/tools/test_base_environment.py

@@ -141,6 +141,27 @@ def failing_run_bash(*args, **kwargs):
 
         assert env._snapshot_ready is False
 
+    def test_init_session_bootstraps_into_configured_cwd(self):
+        env = _TestableEnv(cwd="/custom/workspace")
+        calls = []
+
+        def mock_run_bash(cmd, *, login=False, timeout=120, stdin_data=None):
+            calls.append({"cmd": cmd, "login": login, "timeout": timeout})
+            mock = MagicMock()
+            mock.poll.return_value = 0
+            mock.returncode = 0
+            mock.stdout = iter([])
+            return mock
+
+        env._run_bash = mock_run_bash
+        env._wait_for_process = lambda proc, timeout=120: {"output": f"\n{env._cwd_marker}/custom/workspace{env._cwd_marker}\n", "returncode": 0}
+        env.init_session()
+
+        assert len(calls) == 1
+        assert calls[0]["login"] is True
+        assert "cd /custom/workspace || exit 126" in calls[0]["cmd"]
+        assert env.cwd == "/custom/workspace"
+
     def test_login_flag_when_snapshot_not_ready(self):
         """When _snapshot_ready=False, execute() should pass login=True to _run_bash."""
         env = _TestableEnv()

tools/environments/base.py

@@ -320,13 +320,23 @@ def init_session(self):
         instead of running with ``bash -l``.
         """
         # Full capture: env vars, functions (filtered), aliases, shell options.
+        # IMPORTANT: cd to the configured cwd before recording pwd. Otherwise the
+        # initial session cwd silently becomes the parent Python process cwd
+        # (e.g. a systemd WorkingDirectory or the shell dir that launched Hermes),
+        # which overrides TERMINAL_CWD / terminal.cwd for local sessions.
+        quoted_cwd = (
+            shlex.quote(self.cwd)
+            if self.cwd != "~" and not self.cwd.startswith("~/")
+            else self.cwd
+        )
         bootstrap = (
             f"export -p > {self._snapshot_path}\n"
             f"declare -f | grep -vE '^_[^_]' >> {self._snapshot_path}\n"
             f"alias -p >> {self._snapshot_path}\n"
             f"echo 'shopt -s expand_aliases' >> {self._snapshot_path}\n"
             f"echo 'set +e' >> {self._snapshot_path}\n"
             f"echo 'set +u' >> {self._snapshot_path}\n"
+            f"cd {quoted_cwd} || exit 126\n"
             f"pwd -P > {self._cwd_file} 2>/dev/null || true\n"
             f"printf '\\n{self._cwd_marker}%s{self._cwd_marker}\\n' \"$(pwd -P)\"\n"
         )