# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS privacy permission declarations for desktop app

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address macOS TCC (Transparency, Consent, and Control) privacy prompts appearing in the desktop app, including adding or improving usage description strings for Calendar, Reminders, screen recording, local network, and Music/media library permissions.

## 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 #95298. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95298 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #54551: Hermes Desktop on macOS triggers Music/media permission prompt during long agent work

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95298: macOS privacy prompts now explain themselves — Calendar, Reminders, screen, local network, music declarations (salvage #65220/#87204/#81571/#66215)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/entitlements.mac.plist`, `apps/desktop/package.json`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests-js/desktop-mac-usage-descriptions.test.ts`
- **#66215: fix(desktop): declare NSAppleMusicUsageDescription to disclaim MediaLibrary TCC prompt**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `708b24513d54936ef912e0c98f8835b5c56b5a1f`, `#95298`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95298 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`