# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows desktop build ASAR integrity and stamping order

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a Windows-specific build failure where the ASAR integrity rewrite by electron-builder conflicts with the subsequent rcedit stamping step, causing 'Unable to commit changes' errors. The work focuses on correcting the operation order so icon and identity stamping survives the ASAR rewrite.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #115686. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115686 (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-115686`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #105629: # Desktop build fails on Windows: electron-builder "updating asar integrity" rewrite makes the subsequent afterPack rcedit stamp fail with "Unable to commit changes"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115686: fix(desktop): Windows Hermes.exe icon/identity stamp survives the ASAR-integrity rewrite (#105629, salvage #106846)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/package.json`, `apps/desktop/scripts/after-extract.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/after-extract.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/after-pack.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/set-exe-identity.mjs`, `scripts/install.ps1`
- **#106846: fix(desktop): order Windows PE stamping before ASAR integrity**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#115686`
- **#109098: fix(desktop): resolve Windows packaging and stage-and-swap update conflicts (fixes #105629)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#115686`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115686 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.