# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Reduce bandwidth of desktop update checks

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was reported where desktop update checks triggered large git fetches on shallow HTTPS installs. Two fixes address this by limiting update checks to lightweight remote metadata queries instead of full or bulk fetches.

## 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 #107648. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #107648 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #105666: \[Bug\]: Desktop update check fetches excessive history on shallow HTTPS installs (24 minutes, 573 MB pack)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107648: fix: update checks poll the GitHub API once a day instead of git-fetching every 30 min**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-api-check.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-api-check.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-count.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-count.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/about-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/updates-overlay.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.ts`, `hermes_cli/banner.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/actions.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_banner_git_state.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_passive_update_opt_out.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_behind_count_recovery.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_check.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/web-dashboard.md`
- **#105672: fix(desktop): bound update checks to metadata-only ls-remote instead of bulk fetch**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `338bf9ea9ac`, `#107648`, `#105666`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #107648 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-11`.