# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WSLg Wayland failure fallback to X11

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where the desktop shows no window on WSLg after a certain version due to a renderer launch failure under forced Wayland. Related fixes address relaunching with X11 as a fallback when the Wayland renderer fails to start.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #114615: \[Bug\]: Desktop shows no window on WSLg after v0.21.3 — renderer launch-failed (exitCode=1002) with forced Wayland; x11 hint works

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114620: fix(desktop): fall back to X11 after WSLg renderer launch failure**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#114961: fix(desktop): relaunch once on X11 when the WSLg Wayland renderer never starts (#114615, salvage #114620)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.