# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop app.asar staleness after hermes update

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the packaged desktop UI (app.asar) is not refreshed when hermes updates on a git install, leaving users on an outdated build that lacks recent fixes and causes crashes. The work involves detecting and correcting the stale state and stamping the packaged asset with a session token.

## 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 #121563. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121563 (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-121563`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #106670: Desktop app.asar not refreshed by hermes update on git install — 3-week-old UI misses fix #87857, clarify/choice cards crash

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121563: fix(desktop): stamp packaged app.asar and adopt a published session token**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/backend-discovery.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/host-backend-attach.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/host-published-token.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/host-published-token.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`
- **#107569: fix(cli): refresh the packaged desktop UI when hermes update leaves it stale**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c4cdb3ae3875`, `600f619a5986`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121563 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-25`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`