# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows UAC deferral message shown incorrectly

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #132724: fix(cua-driver): resolve prerelease-flagged releases (pin 0.21.0 → 0.33.1), reconnect on MCP CONNECTION_CLOSED, silence stale Windows UAC hint

These items concern a spurious 'cua-driver refresh deferred (UAC)' message appearing on Windows even when the pinned cua-driver version is already current. The work involves skipping or silencing that hint when no update is actually needed, alongside related fixes for prerelease resolution and MCP reconnection.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #132709: hermes update on Windows always prints 'cua-driver refresh deferred (UAC)' even when pinned cua-driver is current

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132722: fix(update): skip Windows cua-driver UAC deferral when pin is current**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#132724: fix(cua-driver): resolve prerelease-flagged releases (pin 0.21.0 → 0.33.1), reconnect on MCP CONNECTION_CLOSED, silence stale Windows UAC hint**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `42b807ddb4`, `28d8e4315d`, `955441a97b`, `#135378`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd_maint.py`, `pm/lock.json`, `pm/packages.py`, `pm/update.py`, `tests/computer_use/test_cua_closed_connection_reconnect.py`, `tests/fixtures/cua_driver_0_33_1_tools_list.json`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_cua_pm.py`, `tests/pm/test_github_release_tags_prerelease.py`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use.py`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use_cua_0_33_1.py`, `tools/computer_use/cua_backend.py`, `tools/computer_use/cua_backend_session.py`

## Fix status

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