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Windows bash discovery prefers Git Bash over WSL stub

Cluster 116818. Data as of 2026-10-26 12:29 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #117623 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a bug on Windows where bare 'bash' resolves to the WSL stub instead of Git Bash, causing silent failures in shell and bootstrap tasks. The fix updates bash discovery logic to skip the WSL/system bash.exe.

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#117623 fix(windows): bash spawns use Git Bash instead of the WSL stub; silent shell failures are reported (#116818, salvage #116976)

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files: agent/skill_preprocessing.py, gateway/platforms/webhook_filters.py, hermes_cli/main_tui_launch.py, hermes_constants.py, tests/agent/test_skill_inline_bash_windows.py, tests/agent/test_skill_inline_shell_output.py, tests/gateway/test_webhook_filter_interpreter.py, tests/test_node_bootstrap_bash.py, tools/environments/local.py

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#117078 fix(agent,cli): skip WSL/system bash.exe in Windows bash discovery (#116818) · merged via another change → eb19519, #117623

Closed issues · 1

Closed#116818[Bug] Windows: bare `bash` in subprocess resolves to the WSL stub, not Git Bash — skill inline-shell and node bootstrap fail silently

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Merged PRs: #117623
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 20 Sep 2026

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