# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Missing ui-tui workspace breaks TUI launch on Windows

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

One issue reports that a Windows update removes the ui-tui directory, leading to a WinError 267 when running hermes --tui. Two pull requests propose CLI changes for this case: one guards against the missing workspace before launch, and the other automatically restores it.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #50361. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #50361 (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-50361`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #49145: Windows update deletes ui-tui, causing hermes --tui to fail with WinError 267

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#50361: fix(cli): auto-restore a deleted ui-tui workspace before TUI launch**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_tui_npm_install.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_zip_atomic_replace.py`
- **#49191: fix(cli): guard missing ui-tui workspace before TUI launch**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `537ad9ea9`, `#50361`, `#49145`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #50361 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-21`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`