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Windows PowerShell clipboard UTF-8 encoding fixes

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 38077 · apps/desktop

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #81963. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #81963. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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Reports and fixes for non-ASCII characters (emoji, CJK) being mangled when pasting clipboard content read via PowerShell, due to incorrect output encoding. Two bug reports and two corresponding fix attempts are present.

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  • #81963 fix(windows): base64 clipboard reads + UTF-8 subprocess decodes (PowerShell codepage class)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/goals.py, hermes_cli/tools_config.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_goal_gates.py, tests/tools/test_working_diff.py, tools/working_diff.py, ui-tui/src/__tests__/clipboard.test.ts, ui-tui/src/lib/clipboard.ts

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 2

  • #38090 fix(tui): force UTF-8 output encoding in PowerShell clipboard read · merged via another change → #37212, #81963
  • #54057 fix(tui): force UTF-8 output when reading clipboard via PowerShell · merged via another change → #38090, #37212, #81963
Closed issues · 2
  • Closed#38077[Windows] Clipboard paste mangles emoji to ?? due to PowerShell -NoProfile bypassing UTF-8 encoding
  • Closed#53963Bug: Pasting Chinese/CJK into Web Dashboard produces ??? due to PowerShell ANSI code page
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  • Pairwise link density 0.44: the share of item 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.

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Subsystem
apps/desktop
Merged PRs
#81963
Closed issues
2
Attempts
2 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked
8 Aug 2026

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