# NousResearch/hermes-agent · SessionDB string db_path coercion fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #90569: SessionDB.__init__ fails with AttributeError when db_path is str
- PR #132987: fix(state): accept str db_path in SessionDB

An AttributeError occurs when a string is passed as db_path to SessionDB.__init__, which expects a Path object. These items track the bug report and proposed fixes to coerce string inputs to Path in SessionDB and related helper routines.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #90569: SessionDB.__init__ fails with AttributeError when db_path is str

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#90575: fix(state): coerce string db_path to Path in SessionDB and helper routines**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#90697: fix(state): coerce string db_path to Path in SessionDB.__init__**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#90575`
- **#132987: fix(state): accept str db_path in SessionDB**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_state.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_session_db_str_path.py`

## Fix status

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