# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WSL browser-opening fix for dashboard URLs

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #14897: Hermes Dashboard no method available for opening 'http://127.0.0.1:9119' in WSL
- PR #14909: fix(dashboard): use powershell.exe to open browser on WSL

These issues and PRs address a problem where the Hermes dashboard cannot open browser URLs in WSL environments. Multiple approaches are explored, including using powershell.exe and explorer.exe to launch the browser via the Windows host.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #14897: Hermes Dashboard no method available for opening 'http://127.0.0.1:9119' in WSL

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#14909: fix(dashboard): use powershell.exe to open browser on WSL**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_server_lifecycle.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_wsl_browser.py`
- **#14910: fix(dashboard): open browser in WSL via Windows host**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#14909`, `#14897`
- **#30374: fix: open dashboard browser in WSL via explorer.exe**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#14909`

## Fix status

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