# NousResearch/hermes-agent · npm lockfile churn breaking desktop build stamps

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #105659: hermes update leaves package-lock.json dirty on Windows: desktop build stamp never matches again (stale-build verification failure + endless update autostashes)
- PR #105673: fix(update): stop npm lockfile churn from invalidating desktop builds
- PR #111994: fix(desktop): resolve the build stamp at the profile-normalized root

Fixes and a related bug report focused on preventing npm lockfile churn from invalidating desktop build stamps and causing repeated update autostashes, especially on Windows.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #105659: hermes update leaves package-lock.json dirty on Windows: desktop build stamp never matches again (stale-build verification failure + endless update autostashes)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#105673: fix(update): stop npm lockfile churn from invalidating desktop builds**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main_web_build.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_ui_build.py`
- **#105676: fix(update): preserve lockfile across npm installs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#105673`, `#105659`, `#105673`
- **#111994: fix(desktop): resolve the build stamp at the profile-normalized root**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gui_uninstall.py`, `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`, `hermes_cli/main_web_build.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_exe_integrity.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_ui_build.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`