# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Computer-use overlay policy enforcement fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes addressing cases where the no-overlay policy was being ignored, including YOLO runs, embedded daemons, and Linux X11 desktop environments. The changes enforce overlay disabling in contexts where it should not appear.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #95291. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95291 (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-95291`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #78599: fix(computer_use): embedded unrestricted daemon ignores no-overlay policy

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95284: fix(computer-use): Linux X11 desktops no longer wedge behind a stuck overlay window (salvage #88242)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/computer_use/test_cua_no_overlay.py`, `tools/computer_use/cua_backend.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/computer-use.md`
- **#95291: fix(computer_use): YOLO runs no longer ignore computer_use.no_overlay (#78599, salvage #78601)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/computer_use/test_cua_no_overlay.py`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use_cua_0_10_permissions.py`, `tools/computer_use/cua_backend.py`
- **#78601: fix(computer_use): disable overlay for embedded daemons**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f0c0c986c4`, `#95291`, `#95284`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95291 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.
- Subsystem: `agent`