# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop update process and systemd cgroup issues

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #106592: \[Bug\]: Remote Desktop update reports failure and leaves stale update state after a successful systemd restart
- PR #106618: fix(dashboard): escape hermes-update from the dashboard's own systemd cgroup
- PR #135299: fix(update): keep Desktop service updates alive

These items address bugs and fixes related to the Remote Desktop update process, including keeping update services alive, handling stale failure states after systemd restarts, and escaping the dashboard's systemd cgroup during updates.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #106592: \[Bug\]: Remote Desktop update reports failure and leaves stale update state after a successful systemd restart

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106618: fix(dashboard): escape hermes-update from the dashboard's own systemd cgroup**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_routers/actions.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_gateway.py`, `tests/fixtures/resolution_allowlist.json`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_admin_endpoints.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`
- **#135299: fix(update): keep Desktop service updates alive**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/main_update.py`, `hermes_cli/update_abort_recovery.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_fleet.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_fleet_verify.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_maint.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_posix_pause.py`, `hermes_cli/update_inventory.py`, `hermes_cli/update_restart_recovery.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/actions.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_hangup_protection.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_restart_recovery.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_serve_generation_recovery.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_sqlite_remediation.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_systemd_handoff.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_systemd_serve.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_update_status.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/cli-internals.md`, `website/docs/getting-started/updating.md`

## Fix status

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