# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows Smart App Control blocking embedded Python _ssl

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items all concern Windows Smart App Control interfering with the embedded Python runtime (specifically the _ssl module), affecting the dashboard or Hermes Desktop bootstrap on Windows 11. Two are CLI changes about detecting and naming the block, and one is a bug report describing the bootstrap problem.

## 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 #122924. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122924 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-122924`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #63796: \[Bug\]: Hermes Desktop cannot bootstrap on Windows 11 when Smart App Control blocks embedded Python (_ssl)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122924: fix(cli): name Windows Smart App Control when it blocks the dashboard runtime**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/main_dep_hints.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_smart_app_control_block.py`
- **#63810: fix(cli): detect Windows Smart App Control blocking embedded Python _ssl module**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#63796`, `#63810`, `#374151`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122924 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-25`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`