# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Add Obscura as a browser provider

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

All three members propose adding Obscura, a Rust-based headless browser using CDP, as a browser provider. Two reference issue #15445, and they appear to be separate or overlapping implementations of the same feature.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #15445: feat(browser): add Obscura as a browser provider (Rust headless browser with CDP)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#16609: tools/browser_providers: add Obscura local headless browser (resolves #15445)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `250caebeb18c2445f8f67db4eff1e08718273ff7`, `#15445`, `#43446`
- **#43446: feat(browser): add Obscura local browser provider (resolves #15445)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `1f5fd9236a0a`

## Fix status

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