# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WSL Windows host targeting for Computer Use

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #114531: WSL + Windows Desktop Remote: Computer Use setup targets the Linux guest, with no Windows-host target selection
- PR #114544: fix(computer-use): probe Windows host cua-driver from WSL
- PR #114565: fix(computer-use): persist and execute WSL Windows-host target

These issues and pull requests concern Computer Use failing to target the Windows host when running under WSL, instead incorrectly targeting the Linux guest. The work involves detecting, selecting, persisting, and executing against the Windows host from a WSL environment.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #114531: WSL + Windows Desktop Remote: Computer Use setup targets the Linux guest, with no Windows-host target selection

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114535: fix(desktop): select Windows host for Computer Use**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `69f46c613f`, `#114531`, `#114531`, `#120373`, `#114565`, `#114531`
- **#114544: fix(computer-use): probe Windows host cua-driver from WSL**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/computer_use/test_cua_wsl_host_probe.py`, `tools/computer_use/cua_backend_driver.py`
- **#114565: fix(computer-use): persist and execute WSL Windows-host target**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#114531`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/api/toolsets.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/toolsets/toolset-detail.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/computer-use-panel.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/computer-use-panel.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/toolset-config-panel.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/toolset-config-panel.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/hermes-capability-scope.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant_settings.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/computer_use.py`, `hermes_cli/tools_config_cua.py`, `pm/__init__.py`, `pm/install.py`, `tests/computer_use/test_backend_call_lifecycle.py` (+10 more)

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`