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hermes - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Windows] subprocess.Popen creationflags double-pass bug breaks terminal and write_file tools

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Workaround

execute_code with Python open() / os.popen() works.

Code Example

subprocess.Popen() got multiple values for keyword argument 'creationflags'

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terminal(command="echo hello")  # fails
write_file(path="test.txt", content="test")  # fails
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Bug

On Windows 11, terminal() and write_file() consistently fail with:

subprocess.Popen() got multiple values for keyword argument 'creationflags'

Repro

terminal(command="echo hello")  # fails
write_file(path="test.txt", content="test")  # fails

Workaround

execute_code with Python open() / os.popen() works.

Env

Windows 11 Build 26200, Hermes latest, Python 3.12, git-bash

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