# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop boot recovery overlay keyboard focus trapping

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address an issue where keyboard focus can escape behind the desktop boot recovery overlay. The work involves trapping focus within the overlay to prevent interaction with content behind it.

## 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 #112212. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112212 (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-112212`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111855: Desktop boot recovery overlay lets keyboard focus escape behind it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112212: fix(desktop): boot recovery overlay keeps keyboard focus inside it (#111855, salvage #111857)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/boot-failure-overlay.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/boot-failure-overlay.tsx`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#111857: fix(desktop): trap focus in boot recovery**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `88593f0f0d`, `#112212`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112212 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.