# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hidden embedded browser loses live page and automation

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where hiding the embedded browser in the desktop app destroys its live page and automation target. The related items address a fix to keep hidden browser pages and automation alive.

## 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 #114964. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114964 (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-114964`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114269: \[Bug\]\[Desktop\]: Hiding the embedded browser destroys its live page and automation target

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114964: fix(desktop): hiding the embedded Browser keeps its live page and automation target (#114269, salvage #114251)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/pane-mirror.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/preview-tile.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/preview-tile.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-nav.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-nav.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-pane.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/pane-body.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/tree-group.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/tree-group.tsx`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#114251: fix(desktop): keep hidden browser pages and automation alive**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `26a7a95ceb35`, `#114964`, `#114269`, `#114251`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114964 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.