# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix search dropping file paths with spaces

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #91698: \[Bug\]: search_files output_mode="files_only" silently drops results for paths containing spaces
- PR #91702: fix(tools): keep spaced paths in search_files files_only output
- PR #91977: fix(tools): allow spaces in files_only search paths (#91698)
- PR #92402: fix(search): preserve files_only results for paths containing spaces

Multiple fixes and a bug report addressing a defect where search_files with output_mode='files_only' silently omitted results for file paths containing spaces. The cluster covers the bug report and several candidate patches for the same issue.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #91698: \[Bug\]: search_files output_mode="files_only" silently drops results for paths containing spaces

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#91702: fix(tools): keep spaced paths in search_files files_only output**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#91702`, `#92402`, `#92402`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_search_error_guard.py`, `tools/file_operations.py`
- **#91863: fix(tools): files_only search keeps paths containing spaces (#91698)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#91702`
- **#91977: fix(tools): allow spaces in files_only search paths (#91698)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#91702`, `#91702`
  - files: `tools/file_operations.py`
- **#92402: fix(search): preserve files_only results for paths containing spaces**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#91702`, `#91702`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_search_files_only_spaces.py`, `tools/file_operations_search.py`
- **#92557: fix(search): files_only silently dropped paths containing spaces**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#91702`, `#91702`

## Fix status

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