# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop launch crash from log buffer init order

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a desktop app crash on launch caused by code attempting to push to a log buffer (rememberLog/hermesLog) before it was initialized, due to module evaluation order. Multiple fixes approach the same initialization sequencing problem.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #102001. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #102001 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #101941: \[Bug\]: Desktop main process crash on launch — rememberLog push on undefined hermesLog (pool-limits init order)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102001: fix(desktop): packaged app no longer crashes on launch with undefined.push in rememberLog (#101941, salvage #101945)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`
- **#101945: fix(desktop): declare rememberLog state before the top-level pool-limits read**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `05f548f35dd3242bf2ff74743e9112acde251f77`, `#102001`
- **#101964: fix(desktop): initialize hermesLog before pool limits**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `05f548f35dd3242bf2ff74743e9112acde251f77`, `#102001`, `#101945`
- **#101967: fix(desktop): read pool limits after the log buffer exists**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `05f548f35dd3242bf2ff74743e9112acde251f77`, `#102001`, `#101945`
- **#102017: fix(desktop): declare rememberLog state before module-eval callers, with a regression guard**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `05f548f35dd3242bf2ff74743e9112acde251f77`, `#102001`, `#101945`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #102001 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-03`.