NousResearch/hermes-agent

Docker backend Windows host path remapping fixes

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #121477 on 26 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and fixes address a bug where Windows host paths (e.g. D:\.hermes) are incorrectly used inside Docker containers, causing terminal commands and file tools to fail. The work involves remapping host session working directories and normalizing Windows paths to valid container paths like /workspace.

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  • #114833 fix(tools): file tools keep working outside /workspace when terminal.cwd is a host path on the docker backend (#113894, #98723, salvage #113946, #113931)

    merged to main

    files: tests/tools/test_file_operations_edge_cases.py, tests/tools/test_file_ops_cwd_tracking.py, tests/tools/test_live_env_cwd_override_sanitize.py, tools/environments/docker.py, tools/file_operations.py, tools/file_operations_common.py, tools/file_operations_search.py, tools/terminal_tool.py, tools/terminal_tool_backends.py, website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md

  • #121477 fix(docker): remap a mounted host session cwd to /workspace

    merged to main

    files: tests/tools/test_docker_mounted_host_session_cwd.py, tools/file_tools.py, tools/terminal_tool.py, tools/terminal_tool_background.py, tools/terminal_tool_config.py, tools/terminal_tool_guards.py

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  • #90805 fix(tui): normalize Windows host paths to container paths for Docker backend · done elsewhere → b911b97, #90679, #114833
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#90679[Bug]: Terminal (Docker backend): every command in a new desktop session fails with `cd: D:\.hermes: No such file or directory` (exit 126)
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26 Sep 2026

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