# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS privacy usage descriptions added or fixed

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address missing or unexplained NSUsageDescription entries in the macOS app's Info.plist, covering Calendar, Reminders, screen recording, music, and local network access. The work ensures macOS privacy prompts are present and include meaningful explanations for users.

## 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 #95298. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95298 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #81563: \[macOS\] Desktop: missing NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription causes silent denial of local network access

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95298: macOS privacy prompts now explain themselves — Calendar, Reminders, screen, local network, music declarations (salvage #65220/#87204/#81571/#66215)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/entitlements.mac.plist`, `apps/desktop/package.json`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests-js/desktop-mac-usage-descriptions.test.ts`
- **#81571: fix(desktop): declare NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription for macOS 15+ (#81563)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `708b24513d54936ef912e0c98f8835b5c56b5a1f`, `#95298`, `#81563`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95298 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`