# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows cua-driver autostart default and control

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple issues and fixes address how cua-driver autostart is handled on fresh Windows installations, defaulting it to on-demand rather than automatic. One unrelated refactoring PR is also present but does not share this theme.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #102117. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #102117 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #95372: \[Bug\]: Fresh Hermes installations should not enable cua-driver autostart on Windows

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102117: refactor: whole-codebase simplification — −34% source LOC, every god file decomposed, zero behavior change**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `.github/workflows/lint.yml`, `AGENTS.md`, `COMPAT_MANIFEST.md`, `CONTRIBUTING.md`, `acp_adapter/auth.py`, `acp_adapter/commands.py`, `acp_adapter/content.py`, `acp_adapter/edit_approval.py`, `acp_adapter/entry.py`, `acp_adapter/events.py`, `acp_adapter/model_catalog.py`, `acp_adapter/permissions.py`, `acp_adapter/provenance.py`, `acp_adapter/server.py`, `acp_adapter/session.py`, `acp_adapter/tools.py`, `agent/AGENTS.md`, `agent/__init__.py`, `agent/account_usage.py`, `agent/acp_openai_bridge.py` (+2635 more)
- **#121997: fix(updates/win): cua-driver opt-in autostart, Intel-Mac installer docs, click-session poll**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/README.md`, `apps/desktop/scripts/click-session-helpers.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/click-session-helpers.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/click-session.mjs`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/tools_config_cua.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_install_cua_driver.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/platform-support.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/computer-use.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/features/computer-use.md`
- **#98505: fix(install): pass -NoAutoStart to cua-driver installer on fresh Windows installs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#102774`
- **#102774: fix(windows): default cua-driver to on-demand; add autostart management**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#103219`, `#102117`
- **#103219: fix(windows): default cua-driver to on-demand; add autostart management**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#121997`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #102117 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`