# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bedrock Converse image tool results sent as image blocks

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #55134: Bedrock Converse: image tool results are flattened to a base64 text dump, hiding them from the model
- PR #55135: Convert image tool results to Converse image blocks for Bedrock
- PR #117729: fix(bedrock): tool-result images reach the model as Converse image blocks (#55134, salvage #55135)

The three members all concern image tool results in Bedrock Converse requests: one describes them being flattened into a base64 text dump that hides them from the model, and the other two describe converting them into Converse image blocks. Titles alone do not show the current state of any fix.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #55134: Bedrock Converse: image tool results are flattened to a base64 text dump, hiding them from the model

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#55135: Convert image tool results to Converse image blocks for Bedrock**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#117729`
  - files: `agent/bedrock_adapter.py`, `tests/agent/test_bedrock_adapter.py`
- **#117729: fix(bedrock): tool-result images reach the model as Converse image blocks (#55134, salvage #55135)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#14524`, `#128064`
  - files: `agent/bedrock_adapter.py`, `tests/agent/test_bedrock_adapter.py`

## Fix status

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