Windows desktop update falsely reports failure after success
Cluster 105145. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #106175 on 9 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #106175. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #106175. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These issues and fixes address a bug where the Windows desktop Hermes update process exits with code 8 and reports failure despite completing successfully, caused by post-update verification checking the wrong working directory instead of the install root.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#106175 fix(desktop): stop false Windows update failures (salvage #105168)
files:
scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1,tests/test_desktop_update_windows_cwd.py,tests/test_desktop_update_windows_python_handoff.py
2 PRs closed without merging
From the close comments: done elsewhere 2
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#105145Windows desktop-driven `hermes update` always reports FAILED (exit 8) after a successful update - post-update verification resolves wrong working directory
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- Merged PRs
- #106175
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 2 PRs closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 9 Sep 2026