# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS signing and TCC permission persistence issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern macOS app signing identity (switching to Developer ID) and the resulting problem of TCC permissions—microphone, accessibility, automation, and full disk access—being revoked after each rebuild or update. The common thread is that an unstable or ad-hoc signing identity causes macOS to treat each build as a new app, resetting granted permissions.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 5 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #73681. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #73681 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-73681`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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

- #43365: \[Bug\]: macOS TCC permissions (Accessibility/Automation) reset after every Hermes Desktop update
- #43788: fix(desktop): preserve macOS microphone permission across updates
- #49110: feat: sign Hermes.app with Apple Developer ID for stable macOS TCC permissions
- #52010: \[Bug\]: macOS Full Disk Access (Files & Folders) revoked after every Hermes Desktop update
- #68618: \[macOS\] Switch from adhoc to Developer ID signing for TCC permission persistence

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73681: fix(desktop): stable macOS signing identity so TCC grants survive local rebuilds**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `scripts/install.sh`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gui_command.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_set_config_value.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #73681 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-28`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`