# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Non-UTF-8 file encoding handling in agent

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #84206: \[Bug\]: @file text expansion assumes UTF-8 and fails on locale-encoded CSV/TXT files
- PR #84208: fix(agent): decode locale text context refs
- PR #84309: fix(agent): keep non-UTF-8 text attachments usable instead of dropping them

These items address a bug where @file text expansion incorrectly assumes UTF-8 encoding, causing locale-encoded CSV and TXT files to fail or be dropped, along with fixes to decode locale-encoded text context references properly.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #84206: \[Bug\]: @file text expansion assumes UTF-8 and fails on locale-encoded CSV/TXT files

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#84208: fix(agent): decode locale text context refs**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#84208`
  - files: `agent/context_references.py`, `pyproject.toml`, `tests/agent/test_context_references.py`
- **#84309: fix(agent): keep non-UTF-8 text attachments usable instead of dropping them**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#84208`
  - files: `agent/context_references.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_references.py`

## Fix status

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