# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS stale TCC permission grant detection and fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where macOS Screen Recording permissions appear granted but are stale after updates, and introduce detection logic plus a guided re-grant workflow to resolve it.

## 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 #95128. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95128 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #86385: \[Bug\]: macOS Screen Recording prompt loops after update — stale TCC grant shows toggle ON with no way to re-grant

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95091: macOS permission grants survive every update — hermes desktop --setup-tcc-identity now works on modern macOS (salvage #77189)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/gui.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gui_command.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#95128: hermes doctor now diagnoses broken macOS permission grants and prints the one-time fix (salvage #86391)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#86391: fix(macos): detect stale TCC grants and guide one-time re-grant**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `6cb3a26353adcfc96ce5b15979be27138ce73bbe`, `#95128`, `#95091`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95128 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`