Windows terminal output and Git Bash execution issues
NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 14638 · environments
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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #21259. Check it covers your case.
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- Yes. 7 related items grouped here, 4 issues already closed.
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- A fix was merged to main in PR #21259. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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Multiple bugs and fixes related to terminal command execution on Windows, specifically around empty output, exit code 126, select.select() incompatibility with Windows pipe file descriptors, and Git Bash path/environment handling.
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#21259 fix(windows): terminal drain + cwd path conversion (salvage #19258)
files:
tools/environments/base.py,tools/environments/local.pyShow the diff
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tools/environments/base.py@@ -489,6 +489,26 @@ def _wait_for_process(self, proc: ProcessHandle, timeout: int = 120) -> dict: def _drain(): fd = proc.stdout.fileno() + # select.select does NOT work on pipe fds on Windows (only sockets). + # Use blocking os.read in a daemon thread instead — safe because + # EOF arrives promptly when bash exits. + if os.name == "nt": + try: + while True: + chunk = os.read(fd, 4096) + if not chunk: + break + output_chunks.append(decoder.decode(chunk)) + except (ValueError, OSError): + pass + finally: + try: + tail = decoder.decode(b"", final=True) + if tail: + output_chunks.append(tail) + except Exception: + pass + return idle_after_exit = 0 try: while True: -
tools/environments/local.py@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import logging import os import platform +import re import shutil import signal import subprocess @@ -403,6 +404,12 @@ def _run_bash(self, cmd_string: str, *, login: bool = False, ) self.cwd = safe_cwd + # On Windows, self.cwd may be a Git Bash-style path (/c/Users/...) + # from pwd output. subprocess.Popen needs a native Windows path. + _popen_cwd = self.cwd + if _IS_WINDOWS and _popen_cwd and re.match(r'^/[a-zA-Z]/', _popen_cwd): + _popen_cwd = _popen_cwd[1].upper() + ':' + _popen_cwd[2:].replace('/', '\\') + proc = subprocess.Popen( args, text=True, @@ -413,7 +420,7 @@ def _run_bash(self, cmd_string: str, *, login: bool = False, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, stdin=subprocess.PIPE if stdin_data is not None else subprocess.DEVNULL, preexec_fn=None if _IS_WINDOWS else os.setsid, - cwd=self.cwd, + cwd=_popen_cwd, ) if not _IS_WINDOWS: try:
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2 PRs closed without merging
From the close comments: closed without comment 1 · superseded by another PR 1
Closed issues · 4
- Closed#14638Windows: Terminal exits 126 with empty output on every command (Git Bash backend)
- Closed#16425[Bug]: Windows local terminal commands can complete without returning any output
- Closed#16426[Windows] Terminal tool returns empty output on native Windows
- Closed#25514# [Windows] Terminal foreground commands return empty output (select.select() fails on pipe fds)
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- 7 May 2026