# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hide console windows during Windows backend probes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address visible console windows appearing on Windows when terminal tool backend version probes are spawned. The fix involves adding windows_hide_flags to suppress those windows.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #70205. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #70205 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #62734: Windows: two terminal_tool.py backend probes spawn visible console windows (missing windows_hide_flags)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70205: fix(windows): hidden-console daemons — extend the parent-console flash fix to every detached spawn path**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/_subprocess_compat.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_drain.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_windows.py`, `tests/tools/test_windows_native_support.py`
- **#62761: fix(tools): add windows_hide_flags to backend version probes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `0dbf639bc8`, `#66605`, `#70205`
- **#66605: fix(terminal): hide console windows on Windows backend probes (#62734)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0dbf639bc8`, `#70205`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #70205 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-23`.
- Subsystem: `environments`