# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix home dir resolution under Hermes profile paths

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #98815: \[Bug\] Real-profile browsing resolves no Chromium profile under Hermes profiles (HOME=~/.hermes/profiles/<n>/home): expanduser('~') in real_profile_data_dir() — and desktop updates silently wipe the local patch
- PR #98851: fix(cli): resolve real-profile data dirs from the OS account home

A bug where expanduser('~') fails to find the correct Chromium profile directory when running under Hermes profiles, plus two corresponding fixes that replace it with a proper OS account home lookup in real_profile_data_dir().

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #98815: \[Bug\] Real-profile browsing resolves no Chromium profile under Hermes profiles (HOME=~/.hermes/profiles/<n>/home): expanduser('~') in real_profile_data_dir() — and desktop updates silently wipe the local patch

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98851: fix(cli): resolve real-profile data dirs from the OS account home**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/browser_connect.py`, `tests/tools/test_browser_real_profile.py`
- **#99237: fix(browser): use get_real_home() in real_profile_data_dir to find OS account home under profiles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#98851`

## Fix status

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