# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Chromium install behavior for cloud vs local setups

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address how the browser setup handles Chromium installation, specifically detecting missing Chromium, providing clearer errors, and skipping unnecessary local installs when using cloud providers or constrained environments like Termux/Android.

## 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 #86240. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86240 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #51237: \[Bug\]: Browser setup unnecessarily installs local Chromium for cloud providers — fails on Termux/Android

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86240: fix: install Browser Use CLI for every browser backend except Camofox**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/tools_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_tools_config.py`
- **#51293: fix(browser): skip Chromium install for cloud setup**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86240`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86240 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-14`.
- Subsystem: `agent`