# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Linux desktop windows appearing permanently see-through (translucency)

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members appear to concern Linux desktop windows being rendered see-through, with one describing a default translucency state fading windows to 0.941. Another titled as a fix keeps windows opaque when translucency is unsupported, and one references salvaging an earlier change (#143549).

## 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 #144910. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #144910 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-144910`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #143856: Desktop window is permanently see-through on Linux (default translucency state fades every window to 0.941)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#144910: Linux Desktop windows are no longer permanently see-through (salvage #143549)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/translucency.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/translucency.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/translucency.linux.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/translucency.ts`, `apps/shared/src/translucency.ts`
- **#143857: fix(desktop): keep Linux windows opaque when translucency is unsupported**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `8da9e0b4329aef702aab467630d6a01454dae41b`, `#144910`, `#143549`, `#143856`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #144910 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-26`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`