# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Real-profile browser execution timeout and output capture

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a severe timeout regression when running browser_exec with real profiles on Windows desktop, and two fixes addressing stale process calls and CLI output capture method.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #131988. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #131988 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-131988`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #96731: browser_exec: 420s timeout on Windows desktop with use_real_profile (same path runs in ~7s standalone)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131988: fix(browser): stop real-profile agent-browser output capture wedging the tool call \[risk 0.20\]**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_browser_real_profile.py`, `tools/browser_tool.py`, `tools/browser_tool_real_profile.py`
- **#96752: fix(browser): stop stale real-profile desktop calls from timing out**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#131988`
- **#101852: fix(browser): capture agent-browser CLI output via temp files, not pipes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#131988`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #131988 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-03`.