# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix get_hermes_home mock to return Path type

## Open now

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A test failure caused by get_hermes_home being mocked to return a string instead of a Path object, and two related fixes addressing that type mismatch in the slash_worker profile test.

## 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 #86041. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86041 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #86023: Baseline test failure on main: test_slash_worker_accepts_profile_home (hermes_state.py:348 TypeError under str mock of get_hermes_home)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86041: fix(tests): return Path from get_hermes_home mock in slash_worker profile test (salvage #85998)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/laura@localhost`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_slash_worker_profile_home.py`
- **#86026: fix(tests): mock get_hermes_home with Path to match real contract**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `6f31cfad78`, `#86041`, `#85998`, `#86023`, `#86009`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86041 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-14`.
- Subsystem: `agent`