# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows update blocked by CWD-locking third-party processes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #101789: Windows desktop update fails at final swap: rename of release\\win-unpacked blocked by third-party process whose CWD is inside it (e.g. SogouCloud.exe)
- PR #101793: fix(desktop): name non-Hermes CWD lock holders when Windows rebuild fails (#101789)

These items concern a Windows desktop update failure where the final directory rename is blocked by processes (e.g. SogouCloud.exe) whose working directory is inside the release folder. Work involves stopping such helpers before the swap and surfacing the names of lock holders when the rebuild fails.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #101789: Windows desktop update fails at final swap: rename of release\\win-unpacked blocked by third-party process whose CWD is inside it (e.g. SogouCloud.exe)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101793: fix(desktop): name non-Hermes CWD lock holders when Windows rebuild fails (#101789)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`
- **#107558: fix(desktop): stop CWD-locking helpers before Windows stage-and-swap**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`