# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix relative/missing AGENT_BROWSER_PROFILE path handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #132755: Host browser path never sets AGENT_BROWSER_PROFILE → automation drives the user's real Chrome profile
- PR #132764: fix(browser): pin an isolated AGENT_BROWSER_PROFILE on the host launch path
- PR #132769: fix(browser): resolve a relative AGENT_BROWSER_PROFILE before it reaches the browser

These issues and PRs address a bug where \`AGENT_BROWSER_PROFILE\` is not correctly looked up or set on the host browser launch path, risking automation running against the user's real Chrome profile instead of an isolated one.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #132755: Host browser path never sets AGENT_BROWSER_PROFILE → automation drives the user's real Chrome profile

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132764: fix(browser): pin an isolated AGENT_BROWSER_PROFILE on the host launch path**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#132755`, `#132769`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_browser_pm.py`, `tools/browser_tool_session.py`
- **#132768: fix(browser): resolve a relative AGENT_BROWSER_PROFILE before it reaches the browser**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#132769: fix(browser): resolve a relative AGENT_BROWSER_PROFILE before it reaches the browser**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `e9dcd050ca`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_browser_host_profile_pin.py`, `tools/bot_desktop/browser.py`, `tools/browser_tool_session.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/bot-screen.md`

## Fix status

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