# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Strip-markdown mode corrupts fenced code block content

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #73212: \[Bug\]: strip Markdown mode removes Python dunder underscores inside fenced code
- PR #73295: fix(cli): preserve code block contents in strip-markdown mode (#73212)
- PR #73576: fix(cli): preserve Python dunder underscores in strip Markdown mode
- PR #123917: fix(cli): strip mode keeps code blocks and inline code verbatim

A bug where strip-markdown mode incorrectly processes fenced code block contents, removing or altering characters such as Python dunder underscores. Multiple fixes address making the strip-markdown logic code-fence-aware to preserve code block content.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #73212: \[Bug\]: strip Markdown mode removes Python dunder underscores inside fenced code

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73217: fix(cli): make strip-mode Markdown removal code-fence-aware**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#75188`, `#75188`
- **#73295: fix(cli): preserve code block contents in strip-markdown mode (#73212)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `efb81ae1abae`, `#73212`, `#73217`, `#73295`, `#73315`, `#73576`, `#73217`, `#75188`, `#73295`, `#73295`, `#73217`, `#73217`, `#75188`, `#73315`, `#73217`, `#73217`, `#73576`, `#73576`, `#73217`, `#75188`, `#73295`, `#73315`, `#73217`, `#73576`, `#73295`, `#73576`, `#73217`, `#75188`, `#73315`, `#73217`, `#73295`, `#73217`, `#73295`, `#73217`, `#75188`, `#73576`, `#73217`, `#73217`, `#73315`, `#73315`, `#374151`, `#73212`, `#73217`, `#73295`, `#73315`
  - files: `cli.py`
- **#73315: fix(display): preserve code-fence content when stripping markdown (#73212)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#73217`, `#73217`, `#73217`
- **#73576: fix(cli): preserve Python dunder underscores in strip Markdown mode**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cli.py`
- **#123917: fix(cli): strip mode keeps code blocks and inline code verbatim**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `b750d06d98`
  - files: `hermes_cli/cli_render.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_stream_mixin.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_markdown_rendering.py`

## Fix status

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