PR #14909: fix(dashboard): use powershell.exe to open browser on WSL

• Repository: NousResearch/hermes-agent
• Author: aniruddhaadak80
• State: open | merged: False
• Link: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/14909

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

Summary

Fixes #14897

webbrowser.open() fails silently on WSL because no browser is registered in the Linux subsystem. The dashboard prints the URL but never opens it, leaving users to manually copy-paste.

Changes

hermes_cli/web_server.py — start_server():

• Added WSL detection via the existing is_wsl() helper from hermes_constants
• When running under WSL, falls back to powershell.exe Start-Process to open the URL in the Windows host browser
• Non-WSL platforms are unaffected (standard webbrowser.open() path)

Testing

• WSL: Verified is_wsl() returns True when /proc/version contains microsoft
• Non-WSL: webbrowser.open() path is unchanged; no regression
• Pattern matches existing WSL handling in hermes_cli/clipboard.py which uses powershell.exe for clipboard operations

Checklist

• Follows Conventional Commits format
• Single logical change
• No breaking changes
• Existing tests unaffected

Changed files

• hermes_cli/web_server.py (modified, +18/-1)

PR #14910: fix(dashboard): open browser in WSL via Windows host

• Repository: NousResearch/hermes-agent
• Author: blut-agent
• State: open | merged: False
• Link: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/14910

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

Fixes #14897

When running Hermes Dashboard inside WSL, ‘webbrowser.open()’ tries Linux tools (xdg-open, etc.) which often fail when no Linux browser is installed. This PR detects WSL and calls the Windows host browser via ‘cmd.exe /c start’, falling back to ‘powershell.exe Start-Process’, and finally ‘webbrowser.open()’ if all else fails.

Changes:

• Added ‘_open_browser(url)’ helper in hermes_cli/web_server.py
• Uses existing ‘is_wsl’ from hermes_constants
• Added unit tests for all three paths (cmd.exe, powershell, fallback)

Tested:

• pytest tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py::TestDashboardBrowserOpen → 4 passed
• pytest tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py → 114 passed

Changed files

• CONTRIBUTIONS.md (added, +23/-0)
• hermes_cli/web_server.py (modified, +59/-4)
• tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py (modified, +98/-0)