# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WSL desktop GPU driver selection issue

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern which GPU driver is used when running the desktop under WSLg, specifically whether the D3D12 driver or llvmpipe software renderer is selected. The work involves detecting and preferring an installed WSL D3D12 driver before launching Electron.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #106528. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106528 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-106528`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #106117: WSLg Desktop uses llvmpipe despite an available D3D12 GPU

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106528: Desktop under WSLg renders on the Windows GPU instead of llvmpipe (#106117, salvage #106118)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_wsl_gpu.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#106118: fix(desktop): select installed WSL D3D12 driver before Electron exec**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `113304199e`, `#106528`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106528 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.