# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop sudo prompt: show command without blur

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was reported and fixes were made so that the sudo password dialog on desktop displays the privileged command clearly, without obscuring it behind a gaussian blur.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111637. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111637 (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-111637`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #79874: \[Bug\]: Desktop sudo password prompt hides command behind gaussian blur — cannot read what I'm approving

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111637: fix(desktop): show sudo commands without blurring the conversation**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/DESIGN.md`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/server-requests.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/prompt-overlays.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/prompt-overlays.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/ui/dialog.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/prompts.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `tests/tools/test_subagent_sudo_prompt.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_sudo_command_context.py`, `tools/terminal_tool_sudo.py`, `tui_gateway/agent_callbacks.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/server_requests.py`
- **#80304: fix(desktop): sudo password dialog shows the command being approved (#79874)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#79874`, `#111637`
- **#109783: fix(desktop): show the privileged command on the sudo password prompt (#79874)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#111637`, `#79874`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111637 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`