# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop window translucency slider fixes and improvements

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where the desktop window translucency slider was unusable beyond its first step, along with a fix and a macOS-specific enhancement for readable translucency.

## 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 #88744. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #88744 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #77312: \[Bug\]: Desktop Window Translucency slider is unusable past its first step

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#88744: feat(desktop): window translucency you can actually read through on macOS**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/translucency.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/translucency.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/overview-row.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/controller.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/overlays/overlay-view.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/overlays/peek-scope.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/selection.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/appearance-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/user-edit-composer.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/diff-lines.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/platform.ts` (+7 more)
- **#77313: fix(desktop): make the window translucency slider usable across its range**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#88744`, `#84329`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #88744 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-18`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`