# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Escaped newline bug in picker_title across locales

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #68411: i18n: picker_title contains literal \\n instead of newlines in all non-English locales
- PR #68412: fix(i18n): replace double-escaped \\\\n with \\n in picker_title across all locales

A bug was identified where picker_title strings in non-English locales contain literal '\\n' characters instead of actual newlines. Multiple related fixes address replacing these double-escaped sequences with real newline characters across affected locale files.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #68411: i18n: picker_title contains literal \\n instead of newlines in all non-English locales

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#68412: fix(i18n): replace double-escaped \\\\n with \\n in picker_title across all locales**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `6b0257d041b9`, `#68411`, `#68412`, `#68429`, `#68578`, `#374151`
  - files: `locales/af.yaml`, `locales/de.yaml`, `locales/es.yaml`, `locales/fr.yaml`, `locales/ga.yaml`, `locales/hu.yaml`, `locales/it.yaml`, `locales/ja.yaml`, `locales/ko.yaml`, `locales/pt.yaml`, `locales/ru.yaml`, `locales/tr.yaml`, `locales/uk.yaml`, `locales/zh-hant.yaml`, `locales/zh.yaml`, `tests/agent/test_i18n.py`
- **#68429: fix(i18n): replace literal \\n with real newlines in picker_title across all locales**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#68412`
- **#68578: fix(i18n): replace literal \\n with real newlines in picker_title across all locales**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#68412`
- **#83261: fix(i18n): replace double-escaped newlines in picker_title across 15 locales**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#68412`

## Fix status

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