# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI file-drop misses quoted relative image paths fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where the CLI file-drop feature fails to detect quoted relative image paths. A fix is proposed covering path detection logic and a related Date header issue on the email tool path.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #19646. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #19646 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-19646`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #15197: CLI file-drop misses quoted relative image paths

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#19646: fix(cli,email): quoted-relative file-drop paths + Date header on tool email path**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`
  - fix hunks:
  - `cli.py`

    ```diff
    @@ -1505,6 +1505,10 @@ def _detect_file_drop(user_input: str) -> "dict | None":
             or stripped.startswith('"~')
             or stripped.startswith("'/")
             or stripped.startswith("'~")
    +        or stripped.startswith('"./')
    +        or stripped.startswith('"../')
    +        or stripped.startswith("'./")
    +        or stripped.startswith("'../")
             or (len(stripped) >= 4 and stripped[0] in ("'", '"') and stripped[2] == ":" and stripped[3] in ("\\", "/") and stripped[1].isalpha())
         )
         if not starts_like_path:
    ```
  - `tools/send_message_tool.py`

    ```diff
    @@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
     import logging
     import os
     import re
    -from typing import Dict, Optional
     import ssl
     import time
    +from email.utils import formatdate
    +from typing import Dict, Optional
     
     from agent.redact import redact_sensitive_text
     
    ```
- **#15235: fix(cli): detect quoted relative paths in _detect_file_drop**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#19646`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #19646 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-04`.