# NousResearch/hermes-agent · search_files glob pattern handling fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #77423: \[Bug\] search_files silently returns 0 results when a non-glob pattern is passed to target="files" — no warning, no fallback
- PR #77439: fix(file-tools): recover search_files dot pattern
- PR #100460: fix(file-tools): match bare words as substrings in search_files (#77423)

A bug where search_files silently returns no results when given non-glob patterns, plus two related fixes addressing suspicious or malformed glob patterns in file search.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #77423: \[Bug\] search_files silently returns 0 results when a non-glob pattern is passed to target="files" — no warning, no fallback

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#77439: fix(file-tools): recover search_files dot pattern**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_file_operations.py`, `tests/tools/test_search_zero_match_and_multipath.py`, `tools/file_operations.py`
- **#77442: fix(search): steer suspicious file-search globs (#77423)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `fad052e987a82ae2dd7c1af950bb1f500a78c127`
- **#100460: fix(file-tools): match bare words as substrings in search_files (#77423)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `375ce8eee5`, `693641aa8b`, `#77423`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_file_operations.py`, `tools/file_operations.py`

## Fix status

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