# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows Desktop update stage-and-swap file lock fixes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #101887: fix(update): prevent Desktop relaunches from blocking Windows rebuilds

These items address issues where running processes (such as Hermes.exe or desktop relaunchers) hold file locks that interfere with the Windows staged update swap. Fixes involve stopping or preventing such processes at the right point before the swap occurs.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #101878: fix(desktop): Desktop rebuild fails on Windows during stage-and-swap due to Hermes.exe process file lock

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101887: fix(update): prevent Desktop relaunches from blocking Windows rebuilds**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gui_command.py`
- **#101888: fix(update): re-stop desktop lockers right before the staged swap**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#101887`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`