# NousResearch/hermes-agent · EXIF orientation fix for resized vision images

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #130364: \[Bug\]: vision_analyze sends EXIF-rotated phone photos sideways once they are resized for embedding
- PR #130365: fix(vision): resized and cropped photos keep their EXIF orientation

These issues and pull requests address a bug where phone photos with EXIF rotation metadata are displayed sideways after being resized for vision processing. The work involves applying EXIF orientation correction before resizing rather than after.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #130364: \[Bug\]: vision_analyze sends EXIF-rotated phone photos sideways once they are resized for embedding

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130365: fix(vision): resized and cropped photos keep their EXIF orientation**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `2e8aaaf2d4`, `1ee04ea9c8`
  - files: `acp_adapter/content.py`, `agent/image_routing.py`, `tests/tools/test_vision_region.py`, `tests/tools/test_vision_tools.py`, `tools/vision_tools.py`, `tools/vision_tools_image_prep.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/vision.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/features/vision.md`
- **#131010: fix(tools): apply EXIF orientation before resizing vision images**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#131013: fix(tools): apply EXIF orientation before resizing vision images**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#130365`

## Fix status

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