# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Asterisk handling fixes in TUI markdown rendering

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #33672: fix(tui): add word-boundary guards to asterisk emphasis patterns

These issues and PRs address problems with asterisk characters being incorrectly processed during markdown rendering in the TUI, including emphasis pattern matching and preservation of asterisks in code blocks.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #20084: Bug: Markdown rendering strips asterisks in code blocks

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#20091: fix(tui): preserve pointer asterisks in markdown**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#33672: fix(tui): add word-boundary guards to asterisk emphasis patterns**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#20091`, `#20084`, `#13652`, `#28582`
  - files: `ui-tui/src/__tests__/markdown.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/components/markdown.tsx`

## Fix status

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