# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS desktop PATH and binary resolution fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address how the macOS desktop app resolves executable paths, including Homebrew PATH and login-shell PATH, particularly before and during backend spawning. The work spans both bug fixes and a ported feature for GUI launch environments.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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 #69696. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #69696 (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-69696`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #48158: desktop: macOS resolvers ignore Homebrew PATH before backend spawn

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69696: feat(desktop): resolve login-shell PATH for GUI launches (port of cline/cline#12429)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/shell-path.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/shell-path.ts`
- **#48225: fix: harden macOS desktop and browser resolution**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#48227: fix: resolve desktop binaries with backend PATH**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #69696 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-17`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`