# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Resolve local file paths to data URIs for media generation

## Open now

- 2 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #30001: feat: allow reference_image_urls in video_gen to accept filesystem paths in addition to HTTP URLs
- #53905: fix(image-gen): FAL edit path does not convert local file paths to data URIs
- PR #51807: feat(image_gen): share one validated image-source resolver across backends
- PR #53921: fix(image-gen): convert local file paths to data URIs in FAL edit path (#53905)

These items address converting local filesystem paths into data URIs or validated URL inputs for image and video generation backends. Work spans a bug fix for the FAL edit path and a shared image-source resolver across backends.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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

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- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.39`: 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

- #30001: feat: allow reference_image_urls in video_gen to accept filesystem paths in addition to HTTP URLs
- #53905: fix(image-gen): FAL edit path does not convert local file paths to data URIs

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#51807: feat(image_gen): share one validated image-source resolver across backends**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `plugins/image_gen/krea/__init__.py`, `plugins/image_gen/openai-codex/__init__.py`, `plugins/image_gen/openai/__init__.py`, `plugins/image_gen/xai/__init__.py`, `tests/plugins/image_gen/test_krea_provider.py`, `tests/plugins/image_gen/test_openai_codex_provider.py`, `tests/plugins/image_gen/test_openai_provider.py`, `tests/plugins/image_gen/test_xai_provider.py`, `tests/tools/test_image_gen_backend_sources.py`, `tests/tools/test_image_generation_image_to_image.py`, `tests/tools/test_image_source.py`, `tools/image_generation_tool.py`, `tools/image_source.py`
- **#53921: fix(image-gen): convert local file paths to data URIs in FAL edit path (#53905)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_image_generation.py`, `tools/image_generation_tool.py`

## Fix status

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