# NousResearch/hermes-agent · i18n resume strings losing newlines in YAML

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #68420: i18n: resume.* multi-line messages lose newlines due to YAML double-quoted folding
- PR #68421: fix(i18n): join multi-line resume.* scalars with \\n to preserve newlines

These items concern a bug where multi-line resume.* messages lose their newlines due to YAML double-quoted folding, and related fixes applying across multiple locales.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #68420: i18n: resume.* multi-line messages lose newlines due to YAML double-quoted folding

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#68421: fix(i18n): join multi-line resume.* scalars with \\n to preserve newlines**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `802f83051f9f`, `#68420`, `#68421`, `#374151`
  - files: `locales/af.yaml`, `locales/de.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`
- **#83263: fix(i18n): join multi-line resume strings with \\n escapes in 14 locales**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#68421`

## Fix status

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