# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WhatsApp Docker bridge install/path permission errors

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues concern permission and path resolution failures when running the WhatsApp bridge in Docker, specifically around npm install access errors and incorrect directory handling related to HERMES_HOME. One entry appears to be a fix attempt for the underlying problems.

## TL;DR

- 2 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix found: no merged or attempted fix PR is on record for this cluster.
- **Recommended:** if this matches your symptom, consider adding to the existing issue(s) below rather than opening a new one.

## 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 (`LLM_ONLY`): no structural link between members; the grouping rests entirely on an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Read the members yourself before treating them as one problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.36`: 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

- #36641: \[Bug\]: WhatsApp bridge dependencies fail to install after docker recreate
- #49569: WhatsApp Docker bridge: npm install EACCES + wrong log path blocks WhatsApp in Docker

## Fix status

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