# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hide WhatsApp bridge console window on Windows

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes and reports addressing an unwanted blank node.exe console window appearing when the WhatsApp bridge spawns a subprocess on Windows. Proposed solutions involve passing CREATE_NO_WINDOW or equivalent flags during process creation.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #60924. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #60924 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.26`: 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

- #29715: WhatsApp bridge opens blank node.exe console window on Windows
- #63212: WhatsApp reconnect loop flashes Windows Terminal windows on every retry

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#29725: fix(whatsapp): pass CREATE_NO_WINDOW flag on Windows subprocess spawn (#29715)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#60924: fix(whatsapp): silent Node spawn on Windows via windows_detach_popen_kwargs (salvage #60647)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/whatsapp/adapter.py`
  - fix hunks:
  - `plugins/platforms/whatsapp/adapter.py`

    ```diff
    @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     from pathlib import Path
     from typing import Dict, Optional, Any
     
    +from hermes_cli._subprocess_compat import windows_detach_popen_kwargs
     from hermes_constants import (
         find_node_executable,
         get_hermes_dir,
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -648,8 +649,8 @@ async def connect(self, *, is_reconnect: bool = False) -> bool:
                     ],
                     stdout=bridge_log_fh,
                     stderr=bridge_log_fh,
    -                start_new_session=True,
                     env=bridge_env,
    +                **windows_detach_popen_kwargs(),
                 )
                 _write_bridge_pidfile(self._session_path, self._bridge_process.pid)
                 
    ```
- **#29807: fix(gateway/whatsapp): hide node.exe console on Windows via CREATE_NO_WINDOW (#29715)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#60924`, `#60647`
- **#60605: fix(whatsapp): hide bridge console window on Windows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#60924`, `#60647`
- **#63288: fix(whatsapp): prevent reconnect console flashes on Windows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0dbf639bc8`, `#70205`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #60924 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-08`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`