# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix managed SSH update receipt correlation_id reporting

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #101539: fix(update): stop successful managed SSH updates reporting failure

These items address a bug where Desktop managed SSH updates always report failure because the backend never writes the correlation_id to the update receipt. The fixes involve recording the correlation_id correctly and preventing successful updates from being misreported as failures.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #126989. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126989 (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-126989`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #101516: Desktop managed SSH update always reports failure: backend never writes receipt correlation_id

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126989: fix(update): record Desktop's correlation_id in the update receipt**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_receipt.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_receipt.py`
- **#101539: fix(update): stop successful managed SSH updates reporting failure**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `f8ae071ee83861a2e54e8a32751b4a94134b5d20`, `1cb3ab617363ffab9e55239a7d2ab0d6f9c10473`, `#99771`, `#101516`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_receipt.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_receipt.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126989 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-29`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`