# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Doctor detection of agent-browser in Hermes-managed node bin

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Three of the four members concern \`hermes doctor\` not detecting agent-browser when it sits in the Hermes-managed node bin, including an issue report and two doctor-fix PRs (one a salvage of another). The fourth member is a broader desktop PR covering browser-backend readiness, backend activation, and OpenAI TTS options, which only loosely overlaps.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #73959. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #73959 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #53192: hermes acp --setup-browser succeeds, but hermes doctor still reports agent-browser not installed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73932: fix(desktop): honest browser-backend readiness, explicit backend activation, full OpenAI TTS voice/model options**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/combobox-input.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/config-field.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/constants.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/helpers.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/helpers.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/toolset-config-panel.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/toolset-config-panel.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `hermes_cli/nous_subscription.py`, `hermes_cli/tools_config.py`, `plugins/browser/browser_use/provider.py`, `plugins/browser/browserbase/provider.py`, `plugins/browser/firecrawl/provider.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_nous_subscription.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_post_setup_gating.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_setup_model_provider.py` (+2 more)
- **#73959: fix(doctor): detect agent-browser in Hermes-managed node bin (salvage #53205)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/doctor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor.py`
- **#53205: fix(doctor): detect agent-browser in the Hermes-managed node bin (#53192)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c892ca25e01`, `#73959`, `#73932`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #73959 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-29`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`