# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows subprocess console flash suppression fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes and a tracking issue addressing unwanted console/terminal window flashes on Windows when the desktop app spawns background subprocesses (git, gh, ffmpeg, wmic, bash, etc.). Approaches include adding CREATE_NO_WINDOW flags and adjusting how the backend process itself is launched.

## 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 #69850. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #69850 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #54220: \[Tracking\] Windows Desktop GUI: console windows (cmd/conhost/git/gh/powershell) flash on subprocess spawns

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69850: fix(windows): hide console flashes in GUI-reachable exec paths and provider transports (#56747)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/copilot_acp_client.py`, `agent/transports/codex_app_server.py`, `cli.py`, `tests/test_windows_subprocess_no_window_flags.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#56877: fix(windows): hide console flashes in GUI-reachable exec paths and provider transports**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#69850`, `#54220`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #69850 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-23`.
- Subsystem: `agent/transports`