# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix tasklist encoding errors on CJK-locale Windows

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #100880: fix(gitlock): UnicodeDecodeError from \`tasklist\` on CJK-locale Windows under UTF-8 mode
- PR #100884: fix(gitlock): handle non-UTF-8 tasklist output on CJK-locale Windows

These items address UnicodeDecodeError failures caused by tasklist subprocess output on CJK-locale Windows systems, by adding explicit encoding handling to the call.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #100880: fix(gitlock): UnicodeDecodeError from \`tasklist\` on CJK-locale Windows under UTF-8 mode

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100884: fix(gitlock): handle non-UTF-8 tasklist output on CJK-locale Windows**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `cron/jobs.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/status.py`, `hermes_cli/gitlock.py`
- **#100919: fix(cli): add explicit encoding to tasklist subprocess call (#100880)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#96492`

## Fix status

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