# NousResearch/hermes-agent · computer_use approval fails open without callback wired

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #87724: computer_use mutations fail open in headless dispatch without an approval callback
- PR #87764: fix(tools): fail closed on computer_use approval when no callback is wired

These issues and PRs concern a security/correctness bug where computer_use tool approval defaults to permissive (fail open) when no approval callback is configured. The focus is on changing this behavior to fail closed instead.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #87724: computer_use mutations fail open in headless dispatch without an approval callback

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#87764: fix(tools): fail closed on computer_use approval when no callback is wired**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#67052`, `#87782`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_computer_use.py`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use_approval_isolation.py`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use_delivery_ladder.py`, `tools/computer_use/tool.py`
- **#87782: fix(computer_use): stop approval failing open when no CLI callback is wired**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#87764`, `#67052`

## Fix status

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