# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS test failures and platform isolation fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #83095: Several platform-specific tests fail deterministically on macOS
- PR #92169: fix(tests): isolate platform-specific assumptions

These items address deterministic test failures on macOS and introduce fixes to harden test isolation by removing or guarding platform-specific assumptions. The work spans session handling, vision routing, and general test infrastructure.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #83095: Several platform-specific tests fail deterministically on macOS

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#83079: fix: harden SessionDB, vision routing, and test isolation**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#83072`, `#83226`, `#83097`, `#92167`, `#83089`, `#92168`, `#83095`, `#92169`
- **#83096: fix(tests): isolate platform-specific assumptions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#83079`
- **#92169: fix(tests): isolate platform-specific assumptions**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_browser_camofox.py`, `tests/tools/test_wake_word.py`

## Fix status

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