# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows desktop update hand-off hang fix

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #102373: fix(desktop-update): stop Windows hand-off hanging on gateway pipe chatter

These members address a bug where the Windows desktop update hand-off process stalls or hangs, leaving a zombie update process without auto-relaunching. Fixes involve adding an absolute deadline and filtering gateway pipe chatter to prevent the hang.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #102283: \[Bug\]: # \[Windows\] Desktop update hand-off stalls after \`hermes update\` — no auto-relaunch, leaves zombie update process

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102373: fix(desktop-update): stop Windows hand-off hanging on gateway pipe chatter**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#102373`, `#102283`
  - files: `hermes_cli/_scan_venv_blockers.py`, `scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_scan_venv_blockers.py`, `tests/test_desktop_update_windows_pipe_drain.py`
- **#103140: fix(desktop): add absolute deadline to Windows update hand-off to prevent zombie (#102283)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#102373`, `#102283`

## Fix status

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