# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Mixed path separators in hermes doctor output

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #49500: hermes doctor shows mixed POSIX and Windows path style in .env message
- PR #49507: fix(constants): render display_hermes_home tail with forward slashes

Reports and fixes for hermes doctor displaying inconsistent POSIX and Windows path styles in .env messages. Changes normalize Hermes home path display to use forward slashes consistently.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.39`: 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

- #49500: hermes doctor shows mixed POSIX and Windows path style in .env message

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #49497: hermes doctor shows mixed POSIX and Windows path style in .env message

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#49507: fix(constants): render display_hermes_home tail with forward slashes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_constants.py`
- **#49974: fix(cli): normalize Hermes home display separators**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#49507`, `#49500`

## Fix status

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