# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows home directory resolution in env-scrub test fixtures

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #137196: \[Bug\]: env-scrub test fixtures leave no resolvable home on win32 — RuntimeError: Could not determine home directory (3 suites, 23 tests)
- PR #137295: test(tools): keep Windows home vars through the env-scrub fixtures
- PR #137763: fix(tests): win32 home/path resolution in env-scrub and ssh-cwd suites

The members appear to concern test fixtures for env-scrub (and ssh-cwd) suites on win32, where a home directory cannot be determined (RuntimeError: Could not determine home directory). One is a bug report and two are changes that address Windows home/path variables in those tests.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #137196: \[Bug\]: env-scrub test fixtures leave no resolvable home on win32 — RuntimeError: Could not determine home directory (3 suites, 23 tests)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#137295: test(tools): keep Windows home vars through the env-scrub fixtures**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_hermes_subprocess_env.py`, `tests/tools/test_local_env_blocklist.py`, `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py`, `tests/tools/test_process_registry_env_poller.py`
- **#137763: fix(tests): win32 home/path resolution in env-scrub and ssh-cwd suites**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_hermes_subprocess_env.py`, `tests/tools/test_local_env_blocklist.py`, `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py`, `tui_gateway/session_workdir.py`

## Fix status

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