# NousResearch/hermes-agent · env file handling and OS-aware path fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #66196: \[Bug\]: System prompt definition of profile folder location not OS specific enough

These items address bugs in .env file parsing and writing (quoting, UTF-16 encoding, key prefix resolution) alongside fixes for system prompt profile folder paths not being platform-specific.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 5 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #66196: \[Bug\]: System prompt definition of profile folder location not OS specific enough

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#24088: fix(aux): resolve key_env: prefix in auxiliary task config**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#36080`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#66475: fix(cli): sanitize UTF-16 .env without corrupting the first key**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `475df0163`, `#66559`, `#66373`, `#66562`, `#66560`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#66483: fix(cli): quote .env values with internal whitespace in save_env_value**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#67192`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#66219: fix: use OS-aware path for profile folder in system prompt (#66196)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#66725: fix(system-prompt): use platform-native path for profile references (#66196)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`

## Fix status

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