# NousResearch/hermes-agent · UTF-8 encoding fix for ACP file read/write

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a missing explicit UTF-8 encoding in the Copilot ACP filesystem shim's read and write text file operations. Multiple fix attempts or approaches are represented across the members.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #38119: Copilot ACP fs read/write shim omits explicit UTF-8 encoding

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#38121: fix(copilot): use explicit utf-8 for ACP file shim**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#38123: fix(acp): pin utf-8 for fs/read_text_file + fs/write_text_file**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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