# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Linux desktop launcher management and venv path issues

## Open now

- 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.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #104852. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104852 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #101097: hermes desktop: generated .desktop Exec resolves venv symlink to base interpreter (silent ModuleNotFoundError: yaml), and rewrites entry every launch

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104852: fix(desktop): preserve customized Linux launchers when management is disabled**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/HoneyTyagii@users.noreply.github.com`, `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`
- **#101453: fix(desktop): add manage_launcher_entry opt-out so hermes.desktop edits survive every launch**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `7252d403d8a1719f8bcb045d7146fce18f8aa63a`, `#104852`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104852 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.