NousResearch/hermes-agent

Fix test suite encoding failures on Windows

Cluster 80894. Data as of 2026-10-29 11:48 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #81965 on 8 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address UnicodeDecodeError and related encoding issues that cause the test suite to fail on Windows, specifically around reading and writing files as UTF-8 and handling Windows drive-letter paths.

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#81965 fix(tests): Windows-safe encoding in test suite + runner drive-letter path split

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files: apps/desktop/src/app/settings/billing/index.test.tsx, apps/desktop/src/lib/time.test.ts, contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], scripts/run_tests_parallel.py, tests/conftest.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_cmd.py, tests/scripts/test_contributor_map.py, tests/stress/test_atypical_scenarios.py, tests/test_atomic_replace_symlinks.py, tests/test_hermes_constants.py, tests/test_run_tests_parallel.py, tests/tools/test_web_tools_truncate.py

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#80895 fix(tests): read and write test files as UTF-8 so the suite runs on Windows · merged via another change → #81965, #80894

Closed issues · 1

Closed#80894[Bug]: test_plugins_cmd fails on Windows with UnicodeDecodeError reading run_agent.py

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Merged PRs: #81965
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Fix link checked: 8 Aug 2026

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