# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows Smart App Control blocking detection and guidance

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #87789: Windows: Smart App Control blocks (os error 4551) surface as opaque update/launch failures — no detection or actionable guidance

These items address the failure to detect and surface actionable errors when Windows Smart App Control or WDAC policies block app launch or updates. Fixes are proposed for both the desktop and CLI to identify and communicate these blocks rather than exposing opaque OS errors.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #87789: Windows: Smart App Control blocks (os error 4551) surface as opaque update/launch failures — no detection or actionable guidance

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#87855: fix(cli): detect Windows Smart App Control blocks during hermes update**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#87789`
- **#110666: fix(desktop): detect Windows SAC/WDAC block on launch and add Authenticode custom-sign hook**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/bootstrap-installer`