# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bedrock null image_url crash fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #55686: Bedrock Converse conversion crashes (AttributeError) on an image_url part with a null url
- PR #55685: fix(bedrock): tolerate null/non-string image_url in Converse content conversion
- PR #55699: fix(agent): guard against None url in Bedrock image_url conversion
- PR #55996: fix(bedrock): guard against null url in image_url parts and lifecycle status (#55686)

These issues and PRs address an AttributeError crash in Bedrock Converse content conversion when an image_url part contains a null or non-string URL. Multiple fixes add guards to handle None URL values safely.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.40`: 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

- #55686: Bedrock Converse conversion crashes (AttributeError) on an image_url part with a null url

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#55685: fix(bedrock): tolerate null/non-string image_url in Converse content conversion**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/bedrock_adapter.py`, `tests/agent/test_bedrock_adapter.py`
- **#55699: fix(agent): guard against None url in Bedrock image_url conversion**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#55686`
  - files: `agent/bedrock_adapter.py`
- **#55752: fix(bedrock): tolerate null image_url values**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#55685`, `#55686`, `#55685`, `#55699`, `#55686`
- **#55996: fix(bedrock): guard against null url in image_url parts and lifecycle status (#55686)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/bedrock_adapter.py`

## Fix status

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