# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop staleness check misses installed commit lag

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #107542: Desktop staleness checks never read the installed install-stamp — UI can silently run weeks behind while every check says "up to date"
- PR #128203: fix(desktop): flag a rebuild when the installed app's commit is behind HEAD (#107542)

The desktop app's update check was not reading the installed install-stamp, allowing the running app to silently fall behind HEAD while reporting itself as up to date. These issues and fixes address detecting and flagging that stale-install condition.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #107542: Desktop staleness checks never read the installed install-stamp — UI can silently run weeks behind while every check says "up to date"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107556: fix(desktop): rebuild when packaged install-stamp lags HEAD**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#128203`, `#107542`
- **#107592: fix(desktop): flag a rebuild when the installed app's commit is behind HEAD (#107542)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#107556`, `#107542`
- **#128203: fix(desktop): flag a rebuild when the installed app's commit is behind HEAD (#107542)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#107542`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_installed_stamp_staleness.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`