# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS Apple Events entitlement missing in desktop app

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #69723: \[Bug\]: Desktop. Hermes.app missing com.apple.security.automation.apple-events entitlement — AppleScript automation (Apple Notes) silently denied under hardened runtime
- PR #69724: fix(desktop): add Apple Events automation entitlement for macOS
- PR #134178: fix(desktop): grant the Apple Events automation entitlement on macOS (#69723)

A bug was identified where the desktop app lacked the com.apple.security.automation.apple-events entitlement under macOS hardened runtime, silently blocking AppleScript automation. Two related fixes address adding this entitlement.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #69723: \[Bug\]: Desktop. Hermes.app missing com.apple.security.automation.apple-events entitlement — AppleScript automation (Apple Notes) silently denied under hardened runtime

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69724: fix(desktop): add Apple Events automation entitlement for macOS**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `8954e2544dd9`, `#69723`, `#69724`, `#374151`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/entitlements.mac.inherit.plist`, `apps/desktop/electron/entitlements.mac.plist`, `tests-js/desktop-mac-entitlements.test.ts`
- **#134178: fix(desktop): grant the Apple Events automation entitlement on macOS (#69723)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d923a5eb487a17c0a68801bba9ef0f56c81040a8`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/entitlements.mac.inherit.plist`, `apps/desktop/electron/entitlements.mac.plist`, `contributors/emails/rudidev08@users.noreply.github.com`, `tests-js/desktop-mac-entitlements.test.ts`

## Fix status

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