# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WSL distro discovery fixes for desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address repeated or unnecessary WSL distro discovery probes on the desktop, including skipping discovery for drive paths and reducing redundant SSH, spawn, and status requests.

## 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 #106552. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106552 (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-106552`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #106129: Bug (desktop): skip WSL distro discovery for drive paths

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106552: Desktop stops repeating SSH uname probes, wsl.exe distro spawns, transcript re-serialisation and live-status requests (#106131 #106129 #106123 #106098, salvage #106132 #106130 #106124 #106099)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/wsl-path-bridge.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/wsl-path-bridge.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/session-state-cache.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/session-state-cache.ts`
- **#106130: fix(desktop): skip WSL distro discovery for drive paths**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `d31318745c`, `#106552`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106552 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.