# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows path backslash stripped in markdown rendering

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where backslashes preceding dots in Windows hidden-directory paths are incorrectly stripped during markdown or message rendering in the CLI. A fix was proposed to preserve such paths correctly.

## 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 #19722. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #19722 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #16458: Bug: Backslash before dot in Windows path gets stripped in message rendering

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#19722: fix(cli): preserve Windows hidden-dir paths in markdown**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_markdown_rendering.py`
- **#16543: fix(cli): preserve Windows hidden-dir paths in markdown**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#19722`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #19722 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-04`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`