NousResearch/hermes-agent

Desktop renderer bundle ESM validation and loud failure

Cluster 105184. Data as of 2026-10-24 04:06 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #130729 on 1 Oct 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Known?: Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event: A fix was merged to main in PR #130729. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker: The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #121440. That is separate from the fix event.
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These items address a bug where a corrupted or invalid ESM renderer chunk causes a silent white screen, and introduce explicit failure when a built renderer chunk is not valid ESM.

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#121440 fix(desktop): fail loudly when a built renderer chunk is not valid ESM

merged to main

files: apps/desktop/scripts/assert-dist-built.mjs, apps/desktop/scripts/assert-dist-built.test.mjs
#130729 Desktop update no longer spends minutes syntax-checking renderer chunks one Node process at a time (salvage #127400, #125201)

merged to main

files: apps/desktop/package.json, apps/desktop/scripts/assert-dist-built.mjs, apps/desktop/scripts/check-chunks-parse.mjs, contributors/emails/[redacted:email], hermes_cli/source_build.py, nix/desktop.nix, tests-js/renderer-syntax-node.test.mjs, tests/hermes_cli/test_source_build.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

#105203 fix(desktop): fail loudly when a built renderer chunk is not valid ESM · done elsewhere → b3ee101, e05b163, #105184, #121440, #130729

Closed issues · 1

Closed#105184[Bug]: In-app desktop update silently emits a corrupted renderer bundle → white screen (Uncaught SyntaxError)

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Merged PRs: #121440, #130729
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 1 Oct 2026

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