# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows/WSL path translation in file and terminal tools

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #40138: File tools prepend Windows drive letters to Linux paths

These issues and fixes address incorrect path handling when Windows drive letters or MSYS-style paths are used with file and terminal tools on Windows and WSL environments. The work involves translating or resolving such paths so they are interpreted correctly on the target system.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #40138: File tools prepend Windows drive letters to Linux paths

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#40247: fix(wsl): translate Windows cwd values for terminal tools**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `3c7b9f2e9d00025216e663e024b1ee6f415d959c`, `#40137`
- **#50488: fix(tools): resolve MSYS paths in file tools on Windows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#61915`

## Fix status

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