# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop update shim window leaking into browsers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the POSIX update shim window is incorrectly rendered by Chromium-based browsers (Edge, Chrome, Brave), causing issues like leaked user email and stranded windows. The members cover the bug report and related fixes.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #93708. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93708 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #88410: \[Bug\]: macOS update shim window (posix.sh) is rendered by Microsoft Edge --app and shows Edge's own MSA sync notification (leaks user email in a 'Hermes' window)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93708: fix(desktop-update): splash stops hijacking Chrome/Edge/Brave and never strands a window (salvage #88418, #84548)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh`
- **#88418: fix(desktop-update): never render the posix update shim in Edge**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93708`, `#88410`, `#84548`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93708 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`