# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows WSL prompts misbehaving in remote-gateway mode

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs on Windows where WSL-related install prompts and console windows appear incorrectly when WSL is absent or when running in remote-gateway mode. The fixes scope WSL path bridging and install prompts to only the appropriate conditions.

## 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 #91380. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #91380 (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-91380`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #66433: Desktop (Windows, no WSL): remote-gateway mode repeatedly spawns the "Install WSL" console window

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#91380: fix(desktop): WSL-less Windows no longer sees install prompts or a console-tethered relaunch (#66433, salvage #66447)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/wsl-path-bridge-gate.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/wsl-path-bridge-profile.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/wsl-path-bridge.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/wsl-path-bridge.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-fs.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-fs.ts`, `scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1`
- **#66447: fix(desktop): gate WSL path bridge on remote-gateway mode (#66433)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#91380`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #91380 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-21`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`