NousResearch/hermes-agent

Linux sandbox: replace SUID/sudo with userns approach

Cluster 88032 · apps/desktop. Data as of 2026-10-29 11:48 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #100136 on 1 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Fix event: A fix was merged to main in PR #100136. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These items address Electron/Chromium sandbox setup on Linux, specifically moving away from requiring a SUID helper or sudo toward using the kernel's user namespace sandbox when available. The work spans both desktop shortcut launch failures and CLI behavior.

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#100136 fix(desktop): use Chromium's userns sandbox on Linux — no sudo, never --no-sandbox (salvage #98135 + #89349)

merged to main

files: contributors/emails/[redacted:email], hermes_cli/main.py, scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh, tests/hermes_cli/test_gui_command.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_linux_sandbox_fixup.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

#89349 fix(cli): use Chromium's namespace sandbox when userns is available instead of requiring setuid chrome-sandbox + sudo · done elsewhere → #100136

Closed issues · 1

Closed#88032hermes desktop shortcut fails: Electron SUID sandbox helper needs sudo but desktop launch has no TTY

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Subsystem: apps/desktop
Merged PRs: #100136
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 1 Sep 2026

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