# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Symlinked directories misreported as files in fs/list

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #98163: Desktop remote file panel: /api/fs/list reports symlinked directories as files → read-text 400 "Path points to a directory"

A bug where the /api/fs/list API endpoint incorrectly reports symlinked directories as files, causing errors when attempting to read them. Two fixes and one bug report address this same issue.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #98163: Desktop remote file panel: /api/fs/list reports symlinked directories as files → read-text 400 "Path points to a directory"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98482: fix(dashboard): report symlinked directories as directories in /api/fs/list**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#60229`, `#98163`
- **#99924: fix(dashboard): report symlinked directories as directories in /api/fs/list**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#60229`, `#98482`

## Fix status

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