# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Unicode path support in terminal workdir validator

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #42619: \[Bug\]: CJK and non-ASCII Unicode paths blocked by terminal tool workdir validator
- PR #42622: fix(tools): allow Unicode paths in terminal workdir validator
- PR #45878: fix: allow Unicode letters (CJK/Cyrillic) in terminal workdir validation

These issues and pull requests address a bug where CJK and other non-ASCII Unicode characters in directory paths were blocked by the terminal tool's working-directory validator. Multiple fix attempts target the validator to permit Unicode letters such as CJK and Cyrillic characters.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #42619: \[Bug\]: CJK and non-ASCII Unicode paths blocked by terminal tool workdir validator

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#42622: fix(tools): allow Unicode paths in terminal workdir validator**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_terminal_tool.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#42728: fix(terminal): allow Unicode letters in workdir validator (#42619)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#45878: fix: allow Unicode letters (CJK/Cyrillic) in terminal workdir validation**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#42728`, `#42619`, `#42622`
  - files: `tools/terminal_tool.py`

## Fix status

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