# NousResearch/hermes-agent · search_files tool skipping empty directories bug fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where the search_files tool omitted empty directories from results. These members address the fix, including adding a type parameter to surface empty directories.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #131925. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #131925 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-131925`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #54347: \[Bug\]: search_files tool skips empty directories

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131925: fix: include empty directories in file search \[risk 0.30\]**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_file_operations.py`, `tools/file_operations_search.py`
- **#54391: fix: include empty directories in file search**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#131925`
- **#54458: fix: cover empty dirs and local browser warnings**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#131925`, `#54391`
- **#55293: fix(file-tools): include empty directories in search_files**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#54347`, `#33718`, `#54380`, `#54391`, `#54458`
- **#74461: fix(tools): add \`type\` parameter to search_files to surface empty directories (#54347)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#54347`, `#33718`, `#54380`, `#54391`, `#54458`, `#55293`, `#57178`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #131925 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-03`.
- Subsystem: `agent`