# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix native agent-browser binary resolution without Node

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address how the browser tool resolves and falls back to a native binary when Node is unavailable or the npm shim cannot be used. The focus is on improving binary lookup logic for the packaged agent-browser.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #27312: Browser tool should prefer packaged agent-browser native binary when npm shim needs unavailable node

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#29907: fix: resolve agent-browser native binary fallback**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `e571027310`, `#143146`, `#27312`
- **#83608: fix(browser): resolve native agent-browser without node**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#29907`

## Fix status

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