# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Expired Windows CA roots breaking desktop TLS validation

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern expired Windows system certificate authorities causing CERT_HAS_EXPIRED errors for otherwise valid remote gateways. The work involves filtering out expired trust roots and deduplicating CAs to prevent validation failures on Windows desktop.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #107014. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #107014 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-107014`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #105532: Windows Desktop: expired system roots cause CERT_HAS_EXPIRED for valid remote gateways

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107014: fix(desktop): exclude expired Windows trust roots with real-certificate coverage**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/fixtures/windows-system-ca.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/windows-system-ca.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/windows-system-ca.ts`, `contributors/emails/215755014+Stoltemberg@users.noreply.github.com`, `contributors/emails/249166551+wliu-dev@users.noreply.github.com`
- **#105533: fix(desktop): exclude expired Windows CAs and deduplicate trust roots**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#107014`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #107014 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-10`.