# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Root Chrome launch sandbox bypass for real profiles

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #131152: browser.use_real_profile fails on Linux when Hermes runs as root (missing --no-sandbox)
- PR #131160: fix(browser): allow root real-profile Chrome launches
- PR #131163: fix(browser): inject Chromium sandbox bypass flags into the real-profile launch

These items address a failure when launching Chrome with a real user profile under a root user environment on Linux, specifically by injecting Chromium sandbox bypass flags. The work centers on making root-user browser launches viable in this configuration.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #131152: browser.use_real_profile fails on Linux when Hermes runs as root (missing --no-sandbox)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131160: fix(browser): allow root real-profile Chrome launches**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `bf52cac082`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_browser_real_profile.py`, `tools/browser_tool_real_profile.py`
- **#131163: fix(browser): inject Chromium sandbox bypass flags into the real-profile launch**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_browser_real_profile.py`, `tools/browser_tool_real_profile.py`

## Fix status

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