# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop window hidden on Wayland launch scenarios

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Several issues and fixes address cases where the main desktop window fails to appear on Wayland environments, including VMs and specific GNOME setups, due to the ready-to-show event not firing reliably. The fixes introduce fallback mechanisms to ensure the window becomes visible.

## 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 #81977. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #81977 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-81977`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.44`: 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

- #45991: Desktop window remains hidden on Ubuntu 26.04 GNOME 50 Wayland when launched from desktop icon
- #46523: Desktop window never appears on Wayland-in-VM (GNOME/Proxmox/VNC) — ready-to-show never fires

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81977: fix(desktop): reveal windows after a missed ready-to-show event**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/fixtures.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/window-reveal.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/window-reveal.ts`
- **#45998: fix(desktop): show hidden main window on launch**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#81977`, `#81977`, `#81977`
- **#46748: fix(desktop): add ready-to-show fallback for Wayland-in-VM**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#81977`, `#81977`, `#81977`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #81977 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-08`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`