# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows browser image eval script line-handling fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where browser image retrieval fails on Windows due to multi-line JavaScript eval scripts breaking through the .cmd shim. The work focuses on keeping the eval payload to a single argv-safe line to avoid syntax errors.

## 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 #114899. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114899 (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-114899`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113838: browser_get_images always fails with SyntaxError: Unexpected end of input

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114899: fix(browser): browser_get_images and multi-line eval scripts survive the Windows .cmd shim (#113838, salvage #113844)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_browser_eval_shim_args.py`, `tools/browser_tool.py`, `tools/browser_tool_session.py`
- **#113843: fix(tools): keep the get-images JS to one argv-safe line**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#113844`
- **#113844: fix(browser): preserve image eval payload on Windows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `6c9e583860ad`, `#114899`, `#113838`, `#113844`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114899 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.