# NousResearch/hermes-agent · vision_analyze sandbox and SSH connection fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address problems with vision_analyze failing to establish sandbox environments and SSH connections for reading remote files. Related fixes cover lazy sandbox initialization, Docker cold-start retries, SSH backend requirements, and remote path handling.

## 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 #80801. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #80801 (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-80801`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #62825: \[Bug\]: vision_analyze cannot activate SSH connection to read remote files.

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#80801: fix(tools): lazily bring up sandbox for vision_analyze reads (#62825)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_ensure_task_env.py`, `tests/tools/test_image_source.py`, `tools/image_source.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#62868: fix(tools): lazily bring up sandbox for vision_analyze reads (#62825)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#80801`, `#62847`
- **#63335: fix(vision): lazy-create sandbox env in vision_analyze when none exists**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`
- **#63797: fix(vision): lazy-create sandbox env in vision_analyze when none exists**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#62847`, `#62825`, `#63335`, `#62847`, `#62868`, `#62847`, `#62868`, `#63335`, `#57890`
- **#76688: fix(vision): retry container exec-read for Docker cold-start, surface stderr (#76566)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f46636bfe2`, `#81202`, `#80801`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #80801 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-07`.
- Subsystem: `environments`