# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Dashboard Files tab errors on non-Docker installs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Bug reports and fixes addressing the dashboard Files tab incorrectly forcing '/opt/data' as the file browser root on non-Docker host installs, causing 500 permission errors on Windows, WSL, and remote access scenarios.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 3 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.27`: 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

- #44116: \[Bug\]: Remote dashboard Files tab forces /opt/data on non-Docker host installs
- #44471: Dashboard file browser 500s on non-Docker remote access: Permission denied '/opt/data'
- #45019: Dashboard: Virgin install returns 500 "Managed files root is unavailable: \[Errno 13\] Permission denied: '/opt/data'" on Files tab (Windows + WSL)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#44139: fix(dashboard): don't force /opt/data files root for remote requests on host installs**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#44116`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#44561: fix(dashboard): don't force /opt/data root for non-Docker remote access (#44471)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#44139`, `#44471`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#44480: fix(dashboard): use AND logic for managed files hosted policy to fix non-Docker remote access**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d206e1f51dfbb12e06d2cc67eb5c6223b53bfdc4`, `#44116`, `#44471`

## Fix status

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