# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows CUA-driver autostart readiness false-negative fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #123774: Windows: cua-driver autostart readiness check always false-negatives — schtasks XML declaration mismatch + shell-wrapped task never matches Command (repeats "Windows autostart setup failed")
- PR #123791: fix(computer-use): fix Windows cua-driver autostart readiness false-negative (#123774)
- PR #123792: fix(cua): stop Windows autostart false-negatives in readiness check

These items address a bug where the Windows autostart readiness check for the CUA driver always returns a false-negative, traced to an schtasks XML declaration mismatch and shell-wrapped task command not matching. The cluster covers the bug report and associated fix attempts.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #123774: Windows: cua-driver autostart readiness check always false-negatives — schtasks XML declaration mismatch + shell-wrapped task never matches Command (repeats "Windows autostart setup failed")

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#123791: fix(computer-use): fix Windows cua-driver autostart readiness false-negative (#123774)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `#116193`, `#116193`
  - files: `hermes_cli/tools_config_cua.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_install_cua_driver.py`
- **#123792: fix(cua): stop Windows autostart false-negatives in readiness check**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/tools_config_cua.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_install_cua_driver.py`

## Fix status

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