# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix transparent:true breaking Win11 window styling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where unconditionally setting transparent:true on chat windows caused Windows 11 rounded corners, drop shadows, and Snap/FancyZones functionality to break. The proposed fix conditionally applies transparency only when glass effects are active.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #90505: \[Bug\]: Windows 11 rounded window corners and drop shadows lost due to unconditional transparent: true on chat windows

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#90541: fix(desktop): Windows chat windows opaque unless glass is on — Snap/FancyZones work again (#90237)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `6e64e6b9c`, `#91307`
- **#90692: fix(desktop): only set transparent:true when glass is active to restore Win11 rounded corners**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#90541`

## Fix status

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