# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Computer use overlay fix for MCP server path

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #81220: fix(computer_use): Linux multi-monitor X11 AgentCursorOverlay can steal all desktop clicks (MCP path skips --no-overlay)
- PR #100810: fix(computer_use): no-overlay policy for user-registered cua-driver MCP servers + interrupt teardown

These items address a bug where user-registered cua-driver MCP servers bypass the --no-overlay policy, with a specific concern about Linux/X11 multi-monitor setups where the AgentCursorOverlay can intercept desktop clicks.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #81220: fix(computer_use): Linux multi-monitor X11 AgentCursorOverlay can steal all desktop clicks (MCP path skips --no-overlay)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81277: fix(computer_use): apply --no-overlay to user-registered cua-driver MCP servers (#81220)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#100810: fix(computer_use): no-overlay policy for user-registered cua-driver MCP servers + interrupt teardown**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `270ad8033`, `#81220`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `tests/agent/test_cleanup_releases_computer_use_on_interrupt.py`, `tests/computer_use/test_cua_mcp_overlay_policy.py`, `tools/computer_use/cua_backend_driver.py`, `tools/mcp_tool_transport.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `mcp`