# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows desktop updater false-positive failure fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug in the Windows desktop updater incorrectly reports the updated executable as missing. The related items address diagnosing and fixing the verification step by passing the correct checkout root path.

## 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 #106175. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106175 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #105587: \[Bug\]: Windows desktop updater verify_windows_desktop_update false‑positive "The updated Desktop executable is missing"（v0.21.1）

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106175: fix(desktop): stop false Windows update failures (salvage #105168)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1`, `tests/test_desktop_update_windows_cwd.py`, `tests/test_desktop_update_windows_python_handoff.py`
- **#105599: fix(desktop): pass the checkout root to the Windows update verify step**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c32e0acb0ec59d53ac964007c75630e098bcd045`, `#106175`, `#105168`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106175 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.