# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows update shim handoff locking hermes.exe fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a race condition on Windows where the update shim handoff process self-locks hermes.exe, preventing updates from completing. The work involves fixing the child process wait behavior and gateway resume sequencing during updates.

## 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 #115688. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115688 (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-115688`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #101600: Windows update handoff races gateway restart and self-locks hermes.exe

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115688: fix(update): Windows shim hand-off child waits for hermes.exe to exit and owns the gateway resume (#101600, salvage #101630)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/main_install_repair.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_deps.py`, `hermes_cli/update_handoff.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_shim_parent_wait.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_shim_self_lock.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/updating.md`
- **#101630: fix(update): prevent Windows shim handoff from self-locking updates**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `bd90cb6ac8`, `#115688`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115688 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.