# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS dock icon appearance and packaging issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to the macOS dock icon across packaging, visual design updates for macOS 26 (including a layered icon and ring removal), and a reported bug where the icon does not respect the Clear Liquid Glass appearance.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #122976. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122976 (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-121087`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #73195: \[Bug\]: Hermes Dock icon ignores Clear Liquid Glass appearance on macOS 26

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121087: fix(desktop): keep the bundle Dock icon in packaged macOS builds**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/app-icon.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/app-icon.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`
- **#122976: feat(desktop): macOS 26 layered app icon, ring dropped from every icon**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `.dockerignore`, `.github/workflows/bootstrap-installer-build.yml`, `.github/workflows/desktop-bundled-release.yml`, `apps/bootstrap-installer/public/nous-girl.png`, `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/icons/128x128.png`, `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/icons/128x128@2x.png`, `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/icons/32x32.png`, `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/icons/icon.icns`, `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/icons/icon.ico`, `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/icons/icon.icon/Assets/art-dark.png`, `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/icons/icon.icon/Assets/art-light.png`, `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/icons/icon.icon/Assets/mono.png`, `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/icons/icon.icon/icon.json`, `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json`, `apps/desktop/assets/appx/Square150x150Logo-dark.png`, `apps/desktop/assets/appx/Square150x150Logo.png`, `apps/desktop/assets/appx/Square44x44Logo-dark.png`, `apps/desktop/assets/appx/Square44x44Logo.png`, `apps/desktop/assets/appx/StoreLogo-dark.png`, `apps/desktop/assets/appx/StoreLogo.png` (+39 more)

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122976 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-02`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`