# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Computer-use capture: duplicate element list and macOS menu bar output

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #135713: \[Bug\]: computer_use capture sends the element list twice and includes the app menu bar (Apple menu Recent Items file names)
- PR #137400: fix(computer-use): compact capture element output
- PR #137450: fix(computer-use): list capture elements once and leave out the macOS menu bar

One bug report describes computer_use capture listing elements twice and including the macOS app menu bar (e.g., Apple menu Recent Items file names). Two pull requests address capture element output by compacting it, listing elements once, and omitting the menu bar.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #135713: \[Bug\]: computer_use capture sends the element list twice and includes the app menu bar (Apple menu Recent Items file names)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#137400: fix(computer-use): compact capture element output**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_computer_use.py`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use_capture_routing.py`, `tools/computer_use/backend.py`, `tools/computer_use/cua_backend_parse.py`, `tools/computer_use/schema.py`, `tools/computer_use/tool.py`
- **#137450: fix(computer-use): list capture elements once and leave out the macOS menu bar**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `skills/autonomous-ai-agents/computer-use/SKILL.md`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use.py`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use_capture_elements.py`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use_capture_routing.py`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use_screenshot_dedup.py`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use_zero_bounds.py`, `tools/computer_use/__init__.py`, `tools/computer_use/backend.py`, `tools/computer_use/cua_backend_parse.py`, `tools/computer_use/schema.py`, `tools/computer_use/tool.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/skills/bundled/autonomous-ai-agents/autonomous-ai-agents-computer-use.md`

## Fix status

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