hermes - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: cannot read local file in windows system( no WSL) [2 comments, 2 participants]

Bug Description

Summary

The system cannot read any local file in windows system. however, it can write to the file correctly.

when i asked Hermes to read user.md.....

● Read the content of user.md under C:.hermes\memories
Initializing agent... ──────────────────────────────────────── ┊ 💻 preparing terminal… ┊ 💻 $ powershell -Command "Get-Content -LiteralPath 'C:.hermes\memories\user.md' -Encoding UTF8" 1.2s ┊ 💻 $ powershell -Command "Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:.hermes\memories' -Filter user.md -Recurse | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName" 0.5s ┊ 💻 preparing terminal… ┊ 💻 $ powershell -Command "Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:.hermes\memories'" 0.5s ┊ 💻 preparing terminal… ┊ 💻 $ powershell -Command "Get-Location" 0.5s ┊ 💻 preparing terminal… ┊ 💻 $ powershell -Command "if (Test-Path '.\memories\user.md') { Get-Content -LiteralPath '.\memories\user.md' -Encoding UTF8 } else { Get-ChildItem -Path . -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.FullName -like 'user.md' } | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName }" 0.6s

The system will get 'File not found at path.' but actually the user.md file is there and the client can write content to the file.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Run hermes on a Windows installation (not installed on WSL )
2. Issue a order to read any local file.
3. hermes will say it cannot find the file or the file content is empty

Expected Behavior

The system shall be able to find the file and read it.

Actual Behavior

Hermes can write content to the file, but cannot read it.

Affected Component

Tools (terminal, file ops, web, code execution, etc.), CLI (interactive chat)

Messaging Platform (if gateway-related)

N/A (CLI only)

Debug Report

NA

Operating System

WIndows 10

Python Version

3.11.5

Hermes Version

0.11.0 (2026.4.23)

Additional Logs / Traceback (optional)

Root Cause Analysis (optional)

Is this because of the sandbox mechanism?

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