# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows cua-driver path spaces and autostart fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where Windows or WSL usernames containing spaces cause the cua-driver autostart to fail. The work involves fixing path handling for spaces, hidden consoles, and WSL manifest paths.

## 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 #74181. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #74181 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #60808: \[Bug\]: cua-driver command failed due to window username have space characters

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#74181: fix(computer-use): Windows/WSL cua-driver salvage — autostart path spaces, hidden consoles, WSL manifest paths**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/ZundamonnoVRChatkaisetu@users.noreply.github.com`, `contributors/emails/motoblurr@users.noreply.github.com`, `hermes_cli/tools_config.py`, `tests/computer_use/test_cua_spawn_env_sanitization.py`, `tests/computer_use/test_cua_wsl_manifest_path.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_install_cua_driver.py`, `tools/computer_use/cua_backend.py`, `tools/computer_use/doctor.py`, `tools/computer_use/permissions.py`
- **#60880: Fix Windows cua-driver autostart paths with spaces**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#74181`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #74181 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-29`.
- Subsystem: `apps/bootstrap-installer`