# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix oversized inline image non-vision fallback bug

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #132605: \[Bug\]: Non-vision image fallback calls vision_analyze with an empty source for oversized inline images and tells the model the image is corrupt
- PR #132610: fix(agent): short-circuit the non-vision fallback for oversized inline images

These items address a bug where the non-vision fallback path for oversized inline images incorrectly calls vision_analyze with an empty source and falsely reports the image as corrupt. Fixes involve short-circuiting that fallback and preventing the empty source from being sent.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #132605: \[Bug\]: Non-vision image fallback calls vision_analyze with an empty source for oversized inline images and tells the model the image is corrupt

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132610: fix(agent): short-circuit the non-vision fallback for oversized inline images**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `9e49ed30c4`, `bec83658bb`, `#132635`
  - files: `agent/vision_message_prep.py`, `tests/agent/test_vision_aware_preprocessing.py`
- **#132635: fix(agent): don't send an empty source to vision_analyze for oversized inline images**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `819cc3cbe0`, `ec148f5d31`, `25f575f708`, `#54484`, `#132610`, `#130360`, `#132605`, `#82017`

## Fix status

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