# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS Docker Desktop networking and dashboard port fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #56401: \[Bug\] macOS Docker Desktop: network_mode: host does not expose dashboard port to Mac browser
- PR #133881: fix(docker): safe dashboard bind default, parked auth-gate refusal, macOS compose override

These items address a bug where network_mode: host does not expose the dashboard port to a browser on macOS Docker Desktop. The fixes involve adding a compose override and publishing the dashboard port to work around Docker Desktop's bridge networking limitations on macOS.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #56401: \[Bug\] macOS Docker Desktop: network_mode: host does not expose dashboard port to Mac browser

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#56412: fix(docker): add macOS Docker Desktop compose override for bridge networking**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#49567`, `#56401`
- **#56454: fix(docker): publish dashboard port for Docker Desktop**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#133881: fix(docker): safe dashboard bind default, parked auth-gate refusal, macOS compose override**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `docker-compose.macos.yml`, `docker-compose.yml`, `docker/s6-rc.d/dashboard/finish`, `docker/s6-rc.d/dashboard/run`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_auth_gate.py`, `tests/test_docker_dashboard_supervision.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/docker.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/docker.md`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`