# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows PTY EOF handling and child PATH fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #69929: \[Bug\]: process close reports "EOF sent" but delivers Ctrl-D as data to native Windows PTY children
- PR #69937: fix(process): report Windows PTY EOF as unsupported
- PR #125261: fix(tools): Windows terminal runtime — system tooling on the child PATH, PTY EOF as Ctrl-Z

These items address how EOF is signaled and reported in Windows PTY environments, including incorrect Ctrl-Z/Ctrl-D delivery to native Windows PTY children and related system tooling on the child PATH.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #69929: \[Bug\]: process close reports "EOF sent" but delivers Ctrl-D as data to native Windows PTY children

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69937: fix(process): report Windows PTY EOF as unsupported**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `4dd391632`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`
- **#125261: fix(tools): Windows terminal runtime — system tooling on the child PATH, PTY EOF as Ctrl-Z**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_local_env_blocklist.py`, `tools/environments/local.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`

## Fix status

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