# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Unicode/encoding crash fixes for CLI output

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple issues and fixes addressing UnicodeEncodeError crashes in CLI commands (notably 'doctor') caused by non-UTF-8 console encodings such as GBK on Windows and latin-1 on other platforms like Raspberry Pi. Proposed solutions involve enforcing UTF-8 encoding on stdout/stderr.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #7537: Bug: Windows GBK encoding causes UnicodeEncodeError in doctor command

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#8683: fix(doctor): avoid unicode crashes on GBK consoles**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#13593: fix(encoding): add UTF-8 encoding for Windows compatibility (#7537, #8901, #7058)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#13986`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#11731: fix(cli): prevent UnicodeEncodeError in doctor on GBK consoles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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