# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Anthropic image media type validation and normalization

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #55432: Anthropic image input: media_type forwarded verbatim, so image/jpg (and svg) data URLs are rejected with a 400
- PR #55440: fix(anthropic): normalize image media_type for Messages API (#55432)
- PR #67524: \[codex\] fix(anthropic): validate image media types

These items concern invalid or non-normalized image media types (such as 'image/jpg' or SVG) being forwarded verbatim to the Anthropic Messages API, causing 400 errors. The work involves validating and normalizing media types before they are sent.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #55432: Anthropic image input: media_type forwarded verbatim, so image/jpg (and svg) data URLs are rejected with a 400

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#55440: fix(anthropic): normalize image media_type for Messages API (#55432)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/anthropic_adapter.py`, `tests/agent/test_anthropic_adapter.py`
- **#67524: \[codex\] fix(anthropic): validate image media types**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `39d32ed1b9ca`, `#55440`, `#67524`, `#55432`, `#65153`, `#65151`, `#374151`
  - files: `agent/anthropic_adapter.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/agent/test_anthropic_adapter.py`

## Fix status

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