# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Tool search deferral hiding desktop/window tools

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to a regression where the default defer path in tool search causes certain desktop and window-related tools to be hidden or misfiring. The focus is on how GUI surface tools are handled during tool-search deferral.

## 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 #127701. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #127701 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #127095: \[Audit regression\] #88006: the default defer path hides \`read_window_below\`

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127701: Desktop HUD note fires again when tool search defers the desktop tools**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_hud_surface_note.py`, `tui_gateway/session_notifications.py`
- **#127317: fix(config): keep GUI surface tools off the default tool-search deferral list**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `312f6bc2fd`, `09581cacaa`, `#97979`, `#127701`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #127701 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-29`.