[Bug]: Some issues while working with hermes on Windows

[habdank]

Bug Description

Hi,

I had tested different setups of the Hemes Agent on Windows.

Setup in WLS is working on my PC, but the drawback is, that WLS is not native and not all what is in windows is visible, as well as some matters needs anyhow special handling like remote or cloud drives. Generally OK. But WLS is limited.

Setup in PowerShell - using script install.ps1 or in cmd using install.cmd works.

But I observe the following problems related to the path handling in the software.

Running in cmd hermes update end with error that some paths are not reachable. However in my opinion problem is in mixing slashes in paths.

error: failed to remove file `C:\Users\foobar\AppData\Local\hermes\hermes-agent\venv\Lib\site-packages\../../Scripts/hermes.exe`: Zugriff verweigert (os error 5)
  ⚠ Optional extras failed, reinstalling base dependencies and retrying extras individually...
error: failed to remove file `C:\Users\foobar\AppData\Local\hermes\hermes-agent\venv\Lib\site-packages\../../Scripts/hermes.exe`: Zugriff verweigert (os error 5)
⚠ Git update failed: Command '['C:\\Users\\foobar\\.local\\bin\\uv.EXE', 'pip', 'install', '-e', '.', '--quiet']' returned non-zero exit status 2.
→ Falling back to ZIP download...

→ Downloading latest version...
→ Extracting...
✓ Updated 77 items from ZIP
→ Updating Python dependencies...
error: failed to remove file `C:\Users\foobar\AppData\Local\hermes\hermes-agent\venv\Lib\site-packages\../../Scripts/hermes.exe`: Zugriff verweigert (os error 5)
  ⚠ Optional extras failed, reinstalling base dependencies and retrying extras individually...
error: failed to remove file `C:\Users\foobar\AppData\Local\hermes\hermes-agent\venv\Lib\site-packages\../../Scripts/hermes.exe`: Zugriff verweigert (os error 5)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\foobar\AppData\Local\hermes\hermes-agent\hermes_cli\main.py", line 6221, in _cmd_update_impl
    git_cmd + ["checkout", current_branch],
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\foobar\AppData\Local\hermes\hermes-agent\hermes_cli\main.py", line 5670, in _install_python_dependencies_with_optional_fallback
    subprocess.run(
  File "C:\Users\foobar\AppData\Roaming\uv\python\cpython-3.11-windows-x86_64-none\Lib\subprocess.py", line 571, in run
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:\\Users\\foobar\\.local\\bin\\uv.EXE', 'pip', 'install', '-e', '.', '--quiet']' returned non-zero exit status 2.

In the Powershell hermes update ends with errors also related to the path handling

→ Updating Python dependencies...
error: failed to remove file `C:\Users\foobar\AppData\Local\hermes\hermes-agent\venv\Lib\site-packages\../../Scripts/hermes.exe`: Zugriff verweigert (os error 5)
  ⚠ Optional extras failed, reinstalling base dependencies and retrying extras individually...
error: failed to remove file `C:\Users\foobar\AppData\Local\hermes\hermes-agent\venv\Lib\site-packages\../../Scripts/hermes.exe`: Zugriff verweigert (os error 5)
⚠ Git update failed: Command '['C:\\Users\\foobar\\.local\\bin\\uv.EXE', 'pip', 'install', '-e', '.', '--quiet']' returned non-zero exit status 2.
→ Falling back to ZIP download...

→ Downloading latest version...
→ Extracting...
✓ Updated 77 items from ZIP
→ Updating Python dependencies...
error: failed to remove file `C:\Users\foobar\AppData\Local\hermes\hermes-agent\venv\Lib\site-packages\../../Scripts/hermes.exe`: Zugriff verweigert (os error 5)
  ⚠ Optional extras failed, reinstalling base dependencies and retrying extras individually...
error: failed to remove file `C:\Users\foobar\AppData\Local\hermes\hermes-agent\venv\Lib\site-packages\../../Scripts/hermes.exe`: Zugriff verweigert (os error 5)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\foobar\AppData\Local\hermes\hermes-agent\hermes_cli\main.py", line 6221, in _cmd_update_impl
    _install_python_dependencies_with_optional_fallback(
  File "C:\Users\foobar\AppData\Local\hermes\hermes-agent\hermes_cli\main.py", line 5670, in _install_python_dependencies_with_optional_fallback
    subprocess.run(
  File "C:\Users\foobar\AppData\Roaming\uv\python\cpython-3.11-windows-x86_64-none\Lib\subprocess.py", line 571, in run
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:\\Users\\foobar\\.local\\bin\\uv.EXE', 'pip', 'install', '-e', '.', '--quiet']' returned non-zero exit status 2.

Also in when running hermes in cmd and typing in the context of the agent simple command "pwd", ends with multiple errors:

────────────────────────────────────────

● pwd
Initializing agent...
────────────────────────────────────────

  ┊ 💻 preparing terminal…
  ┊ 💻 $         pwd  1.1s [error]
  ┊ 💻 preparing terminal…
  ┊ 💻 $         pwd  0.4s [error]
  ┊ 💻 preparing terminal…
  ┊ 💻 $         echo $PWD  0.4s [error]
  ┊ 🖥️ preparing browser_console…
  ┊ ⚡ browser_c   0.1s [error]

╭─ ⚕ Hermes ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
    I'm experiencing some issues with the terminal tool. Let me try a different approach:
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
  ┊ 💻 preparing terminal…
  ┊ 💻 $         cd  0.4s [error]
  ┊ 💻 preparing terminal…
  ┊ 💻 $         whoami  0.4s [error]

╭─ ⚕ Hermes ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
    It seems the terminal tool is having issues executing commands (exit code 126 - permission/execution error).

    However, based on the system information provided, you're on a Windows environment. The current working directory typically defaults to one of these locations:

    - C:\Users\<username> - Your home directory
    - The directory where the application was launched from

    Would you like me to try an alternative approach to find this, or is there a specific directory you'd like me to work in?

Finally running (executing) hermes in context of the (git) bash also ends with errors

$ hermes
+----------- Hermes Agent v0.11.0 (2026.4.23) ▒ upstream ae7687cd ------------+
|                                       Available Tools                       |
|    Error: 'charmap' codec can't encode characters in position 0-29: character maps to <undefined>

This shows, that directory and file handling on windows has major problems.

Would be great to have native windows support. I know no one likes powershell and cmd, but looking further into enterprises, there is still much done using Windows.

Best regards,
Seweryn.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install hermes natively on windows in powershell and cmd
2. Execute basic commands like hermes setu, hermes update
3. Change directory to any other drive and folder or even to cloud drive
4. Execute "pwd" inside of the hermes agent. Or perhaps other comands related to files or folders changes.

Expected Behavior

No errors. 😄

Actual Behavior

Strange errors related to access or path operations.

Affected Component

CLI (interactive chat)

Messaging Platform (if gateway-related)

N/A (CLI only)

Debug Report

hermes debug share --local
Collecting debug report...
--- hermes dump ---
version:          0.11.0 (2026.4.23) [ae7687cd]
os:               Windows 10 AMD64
python:           3.11.15
openai_sdk:       2.32.0
profile:          default
hermes_home:      ~/AppData\Local\hermes
model:            kimi-k2.5
provider:         kimi-coding
terminal:         local

api_keys:
  openrouter           not set
  openai               not set
  anthropic            not set
  anthropic_token      not set
  nous                 not set
  google/gemini        not set
  gemini               not set
  glm/zai              not set
  zai                  not set
  kimi                 set
  minimax              not set
  deepseek             not set
  dashscope            not set
  huggingface          not set
  nvidia               not set
  ai_gateway           not set
  opencode_zen         not set
  opencode_go          not set
  kilocode             not set
  firecrawl            not set
  tavily               not set
  browserbase          not set
  fal                  not set
  elevenlabs           not set
  github               not set

features:
  toolsets:           hermes-cli
  mcp_servers:        0
  memory_provider:    built-in
  gateway:            stopped (manual process)
  platforms:          email
  cron_jobs:          0
  skills:             75

config_overrides:
  display.streaming: True
--- end dump ---


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2026-04-26 18:03:57,542 INFO tools.tirith_security: tirith auto-install: unsupported platform Windows/AMD64
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--- errors.log (last 100 lines) ---
2026-04-25 17:57:45,540 WARNING [20260425_175658_5a6a69] agent.prompt_builder: Context file SOUL.md blocked: invisible unicode U+FEFF
2026-04-25 17:57:47,633 ERROR [20260425_175658_5a6a69] root: Non-retryable client error: Error code: 401 - {'error': {'message': 'Invalid Authentication', 'type': 'invalid_authentication_error'}}
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2026-04-25 18:09:03,754 ERROR [20260425_180852_19f849] root: Non-retryable client error: Error code: 401 - {'error': {'message': 'Invalid Authentication', 'type': 'invalid_authentication_error'}}
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Operating System

Windows 10 Pro

Python Version

3.14.4

Hermes Version

Hermes Agent v0.11.0 (2026.4.23)

Additional Logs / Traceback (optional)

Root Cause Analysis (optional)

No response

Proposed Fix (optional)

No response

Are you willing to submit a PR for this?

• I'd like to fix this myself and submit a PR

[akuckartz]

This seems to be a duplicate of #2512 and #10359

See also #4658

[ai-1000]

Confirmed on Windows 10 (MSYS/git-bash) multi-profile setup

We have hit this issue repeatedly in our 8-profile Hermes deployment on Windows 10. Specific symptoms:

1. MSYS double-C bug: os.path.abspath("/c/Dev/...") returns C:\c\Dev\... - the /c/ prefix is treated as a relative path component
2. Backslash stripping in bash: C:\Dev\models becomes C:devmodels in git-bash, causing silent failures
3. patch command failures on config.yaml: Multiple failed patch attempts corrupted config. Workaround: cat >> append method
4. Kanban task path failures: Task bodies with Windows-style backslash paths cause tasks to run in wrong directory and get stuck for 45+ minutes

Workaround we use: Forward slashes (C:/path/to/...) in all file tools, POSIX format (/c/path/...) only in terminal(). We have documented 30+ related issues in our internal reference.

This is a significant friction point for Windows users. Hoping for a fix!