# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows and macOS screen capture edge case fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address bugs in computer-use screen/desktop capture when expected windows are absent from the window list, with fixes targeting both Windows enumeration bypass and macOS fallback behavior.

## 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 #94562. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #94562 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #62690: computer_use: capture(app='screen') returns empty 0x0 on macOS when Finder desktop window is absent from list_windows

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#94562: fix(computer_use): 'screenshot my screen' no longer returns just the wallpaper (salvage #60081)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use_fullscreen_capture.py`, `tools/computer_use/backend.py`, `tools/computer_use/cua_backend.py`, `tools/computer_use/schema.py`, `tools/computer_use/tool.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/computer-use.md`
- **#62697: fix(computer_use): fallback to get_desktop_state when no desktop window in list_windows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#94562`, `#62690`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #94562 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-25`.
- Subsystem: `agent`
