# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows install failure with non-ASCII user paths

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where installation or build processes fail on Windows when the user's profile path contains non-ASCII or Unicode characters, causing EIO errors and path corruption. A fix is proposed to avoid these issues during installation.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113919. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113919 (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-113919`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #70779: bug: Installation/Build fails on Windows when user path contains non-ASCII/Unicode characters (EIO Access Denied & path distortion)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113919: fix(desktop): Windows install no longer fails on non-ASCII profile paths (#70779, salvage #66687)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/scripts/before-pack.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/stage-native-deps.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/stage-native-deps.test.mjs`
- **#109273: fix(desktop,cli): avoid EIO and path corruption during install with non-ASCII user profiles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `4146fcbd7a7`, `#113919`, `#66687`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113919 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.
- Subsystem: `apps/bootstrap-installer`