# NousResearch/hermes-agent · EXIF orientation handling in image regions and crops

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #81377: \[Bug\]: Region zoom selects the wrong area in EXIF-rotated images
- PR #81379: fix(vision): keep region zoom accurate for EXIF-rotated images
- PR #130365: fix(vision): resized and cropped photos keep their EXIF orientation

These items address bugs where EXIF rotation metadata causes incorrect behavior during image cropping and region zoom selection. The fixes aim to preserve or account for EXIF orientation so that spatial operations target the correct areas.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #81377: \[Bug\]: Region zoom selects the wrong area in EXIF-rotated images

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81379: fix(vision): keep region zoom accurate for EXIF-rotated images**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_vision_region.py`, `tools/vision_tools.py`
- **#130365: fix(vision): resized and cropped photos keep their EXIF orientation**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `2e8aaaf2d4`, `1ee04ea9c8`
  - files: `acp_adapter/content.py`, `agent/image_routing.py`, `tests/tools/test_vision_region.py`, `tests/tools/test_vision_tools.py`, `tools/vision_tools.py`, `tools/vision_tools_image_prep.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/vision.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/features/vision.md`

## Fix status

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