# NousResearch/hermes-agent · ANSI escape characters garbling installer log output

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was reported and multiple fixes were proposed to strip or sanitize ANSI escape sequences that appear as garbled characters in real-time installation logs shown in the desktop/Setup app.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113213. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113213 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-113213`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #112675: \[Bug\]: Garbled Characters in Real-Time Installation Logs

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113213: fix(installer): Setup app and desktop install logs no longer show ANSI escape garbage (#112675, salvage #112697)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/src/bootstrap.rs`, `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/src/events.rs`, `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/src/update.rs`, `apps/desktop/electron/bootstrap-runner.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/bootstrap-runner.ts`, `apps/desktop/tsconfig.electron.json`
- **#112679: fix(desktop): sanitize real-time installer logs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#113213`, `#112679`
- **#112697: fix(installer): strip ANSI escapes from the Setup app's live log events**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#113213`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113213 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.