# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Managed browser gateway selection not recognized

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #93865: \[Bug\]: browser.use_gateway is silently stripped by the tools picker, breaking the managed (Nous/Browser Use gateway) connection
- PR #93944: fix(browser): honor canonical managed Browser Use selection
- PR #106844: fix(tools): recognize the managed Nous selection in browser_exec backend resolution

A bug where the managed Nous/Browser Use gateway option is silently dropped during tool or backend resolution, along with fixes to correctly recognize and honor that selection.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #93865: \[Bug\]: browser.use_gateway is silently stripped by the tools picker, breaking the managed (Nous/Browser Use gateway) connection

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93944: fix(browser): honor canonical managed Browser Use selection**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `03c97d984b7259154545314d04d1c6093b6fcbe4`
  - files: `hermes_cli/tools_config_providers.py`, `tests/tools/test_browser_use_cli.py`, `tests/tools/test_browser_use_cli_managed_selection.py`, `tools/browser_use_cli.py`
- **#106844: fix(tools): recognize the managed Nous selection in browser_exec backend resolution**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#93944`, `#93865`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_browser_use_cli.py`, `tools/browser_use_cli.py`

## Fix status

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