# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows bash discovery prefers Git Bash over WSL stub

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #117623. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117623 (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-117623`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

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

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117623: fix(windows): bash spawns use Git Bash instead of the WSL stub; silent shell failures are reported (#116818, salvage #116976)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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`
- **#117078: fix(agent,cli): skip WSL/system bash.exe in Windows bash discovery (#116818)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `eb1951955c`, `#117623`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117623 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.