# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Browser Use CLI missing from update/install paths

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a reported gap where the Browser Use CLI was not being provisioned during updates or fresh installs, leaving users with downgraded built-in browser tools. The group covers the bug report and related fix attempts targeting both update and install code paths.

## 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 #125769. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #125769 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #122410: \[Bug\]: \`hermes update\` never provisions the Browser Use CLI — updated installs stay silently downgraded to the built-in browser tools

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125769: fix: fresh installs ship cua-driver and the Browser Use CLI again (salvage #122428)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/tools_config_post_setup.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_maint.py`, `pm/cli.py`, `pm/defaults.py`, `pm/packages.py`, `scripts/install.ps1`, `scripts/install.sh`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_browser_use_cli_provision.py`, `tests/pm/test_install_default_closure.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/installation.md`, `website/docs/reference/package-management.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/browser.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/computer-use.md`
- **#122428: fix(update): provision Browser Use CLI when default backend would downgrade**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `f8c3e7638717`, `27062c347426`, `#125769`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #125769 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.