# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Browser launch failures and retry fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address failures in automatically launching or connecting to a browser debug target, including retry logic when a candidate exits early, sandbox detection in containers, and surfacing launch diagnostics. One item concerns missing installation dependencies, which may or may not be directly related.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #57589. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #57589 (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: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.34`: 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

- #28960: Installation: missing deps
- #35548: Hermes Agent Chrome Auto-Launch Failure

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#57589: fix(browser): retry next debug candidate on early exit + surface launch diagnostics**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/browser_connect.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_commands_mixin.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_browser_connect.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#29080: Fix browser sandbox detection in containers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `4695d2716f`, `#29080`
- **#35617: \[codex\] fix(browser): retry next debug candidate after early exit**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#57589`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #57589 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-03`.
- Subsystem: `agent`