# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Add explicit UTF-8 encoding to file read/write calls

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a Ruff linting rule (PLW1514) that flags text file reads and writes lacking an explicit encoding argument. The fix involves adding explicit UTF-8 encoding to relevant calls in scripts.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #36649: Ruff PLW1514 will fail on text file reads and writes without encoding

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#36828: fix(scripts): add explicit utf-8 encoding to read_text/write_text calls (fixes #36649)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `d372fda6f0`, `#71078`
- **#37111: fix(scripts): add explicit utf-8 encodings**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#36828`, `#36649`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `cron/scripts`