# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Terminal tool description misleading on Windows

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was reported that the terminal tool description hardcodes 'Linux environment' language, which is misleading for Windows users. These members address clarifying the description to reflect the actual configured execution environment.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #7672: \[Bug\]: Terminal tool description is misleading for Windows users

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#7667: Fix misleading terminal tool description for Windows users**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#8364`, `#7672`
- **#8364: fix(terminal): clarify configured execution environment**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#23242`
- **#53323: fix(terminal): don't hardcode 'Linux environment' in tool description (#7672)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#7667`, `#7672`, `#8364`

## Fix status

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