# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix Windows path mangling of regex patterns in search

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #92260: \[Bug\] search_files regex corrupted on Windows: backslashes in pattern rewritten to "/" before rg — loud "unclosed group" failures AND silent false-zero results

A bug where backslashes in regex/glob patterns passed to search tools were being rewritten as forward slashes on Windows, causing corrupted patterns and incorrect results. The members cover the bug report and associated fixes to prevent path translation from affecting regex arguments.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #92260: \[Bug\] search_files regex corrupted on Windows: backslashes in pattern rewritten to "/" before rg — loud "unclosed group" failures AND silent false-zero results

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#92268: fix(tools): never path-translate regex patterns in search shell commands**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `bd258480d3`, `#80407`, `#92267`, `#92260`
- **#92432: fix(tools): quote regex/glob match args without Windows path translation**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#92268`

## Fix status

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