# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows path handling fixes in vision_analyze

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #53639: vision_analyze rejects Unix-style paths on Windows with a misleading "Invalid image source" error
- PR #78045: fix(vision): resolve Git Bash image paths on Windows

These issues and PRs address vision_analyze rejecting valid Unix-style and Git Bash paths on Windows, with work toward translating MSYS/Git Bash paths and lazily initializing sandbox environments.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #53639: vision_analyze rejects Unix-style paths on Windows with a misleading "Invalid image source" error

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#53748: fix(vision): translate MSYS paths on Windows before resolving in vision_analyze**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0a9f044b640e74022f10b7a7a21066f495032db4`
- **#63335: fix(vision): lazy-create sandbox env in vision_analyze when none exists**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`
- **#78045: fix(vision): resolve Git Bash image paths on Windows**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_image_source.py`, `tools/image_source.py`

## Fix status

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