# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Electron upgrade and NVIDIA SwiftShader fallback gating

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #124032: desktop: Electron 42 restores NVIDIA 580 hardware rendering and avoids SwiftShader CPU saturation
- PR #128267: fix(deps): bump Electron 40.10.2 to 44.4.5 and gate the NVIDIA SwiftShader fallback on the runtime major

These items address bumping Electron across several versions and conditionally disabling the NVIDIA SwiftShader CPU fallback based on the Electron runtime major version. The changes aim to restore hardware rendering on NVIDIA 580 hardware in newer Electron releases.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #124032: desktop: Electron 42 restores NVIDIA 580 hardware rendering and avoids SwiftShader CPU saturation

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124467: fix(desktop): skip NVIDIA SwiftShader fallback on Electron 42+ runtimes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#123213`, `#124032`
- **#128267: fix(deps): bump Electron 40.10.2 to 44.4.5 and gate the NVIDIA SwiftShader fallback on the runtime major**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `36d97a778f1915da4387d08f0cdbd407dce8da97`
  - files: `.npmrc`, `apps/desktop/electron-builder.config.cjs`, `apps/desktop/electron/clipboard-image.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/clipboard-image.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/package.json`, `package.json`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`