# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows path handling in tilde-expansion tests

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #121670: \[Test\]: ~-expansion tests patch HOME only, so on Windows ~ still expands to the real profile
- PR #121224: test(paths): compare paths as paths, not POSIX spellings, on Windows

These items address test correctness on Windows, specifically patching USERPROFILE alongside HOME for tilde-expansion and comparing paths in a platform-appropriate way rather than assuming POSIX spellings.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121670: \[Test\]: ~-expansion tests patch HOME only, so on Windows ~ still expands to the real profile

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121222: test(home): patch USERPROFILE with HOME in ~-expansion tests on Windows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `bd258480d3`, `#121224`
- **#121224: test(paths): compare paths as paths, not POSIX spellings, on Windows**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `bd258480d3`, `427d4936c2`, `#121222`
  - files: `tests/gateway/test_runtime_footer.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_backup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_deleted_profile_tombstone.py`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use.py`

## Fix status

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