# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop node-pty spawn-helper issues on macOS terminals

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #64695: Desktop: first terminal tab fails with posix_spawnp on macOS 26 — second works

The members all concern the desktop app's node-pty spawn-helper: two pull-request-style titles mention chmod on the staged helper and preserving its path in the unpacked app, and one issue reports a posix_spawnp failure in the first terminal tab on macOS 26 while the second works. The titles suggest a shared theme, but they do not show whether the changes address the reported failure.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #64695: Desktop: first terminal tab fails with posix_spawnp on macOS 26 — second works

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#61395: fix(desktop): preserve node-pty helper path in unpacked app**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#62329: fix(desktop): chmod staged node-pty spawn-helper**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`