Linux desktop launcher management and venv path issues
Cluster 101097. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #104852 on 7 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #104852. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
unresolved. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These items concern problems with how Linux .desktop launcher entries are generated and rewritten on each launch, including a venv symlink resolution issue causing missing modules and options to preserve or opt out of automatic launcher management.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#104852 fix(desktop): preserve customized Linux launchers when management is disabled
files:
contributors/emails/[email protected],evals/desktop_bug_campaign/linux_launcher_probe.py,evals/desktop_bug_campaign/native_ready_probe.mjs,hermes_cli/config_defaults.py,hermes_cli/linux_desktop_entry.py,tests/hermes_cli/test_linux_launcher_management.py,website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1
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#101453 fix(desktop): add manage_launcher_entry opt-out so hermes.desktop edits survive every launch · superseded by another PR →
7252d40,#104852
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#101097hermes desktop: generated .desktop Exec resolves venv symlink to base interpreter (silent ModuleNotFoundError: yaml), and rewrites entry every launch
How this cluster was grouped
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Pairwise link density
0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36.1.00means every pair is linked.
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- Merged PRs
- #104852
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 7 Sep 2026