# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows path handling bugs in console/agent

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a specific bug where Windows file paths are silently mangled due to POSIX-mode shell splitting stripping backslashes, along with related Windows-specific papercuts in path splitting, skill hashing, autocomplete, and OS detection.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #84419. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #84419 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-84419`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #83934: \[Bug\]: hermes console silently mangles Windows paths (shlex posix=True strips backslashes)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#84419: fix: Windows agent-loop papercuts — path splitting, skill hashing, autocomplete, screenshots, OS detection**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `agent/shell_hooks.py`, `hermes_cli/_subprocess_compat.py`, `hermes_cli/commands.py`, `hermes_cli/console_engine.py`, `tests/tools/test_windows_agent_loop_papercuts.py`, `tools/browser_use_cli.py`, `tools/skills_guard.py`, `tools/skills_hub.py`
- **#84014: fix(console): preserve Windows paths in _split_line**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#83934`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #84419 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-12`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`