# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Tab completion broken for paths with spaces

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #26223: \[Bug\]: Tab completion stops working after completing a directory path containing spaces
- PR #26230: fix(cli): preserve tab completion inside space-containing paths
- PR #26299: fix(cli): tab-complete paths with embedded spaces

These issues and pull requests concern a bug where CLI tab completion fails or behaves incorrectly when directory or file paths contain embedded spaces. Multiple fix attempts address tokenization or preservation of spaces during path completion.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #26223: \[Bug\]: Tab completion stops working after completing a directory path containing spaces

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#26230: fix(cli): preserve tab completion inside space-containing paths**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/commands.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_path_completion.py`
- **#26299: fix(cli): tab-complete paths with embedded spaces**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `fbaad3031`
  - files: `hermes_cli/commands.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_path_completion.py`
- **#26520: fix(cli): preserve spaces in path completion tokens**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#26230`, `#26223`, `#26299`

## Fix status

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