# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows exe update creates duplicate backup zips

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #107543: Windows exe hand-off re-runs the pre-update full backup — two ~172 MB identical zips per update

These items concern a bug where the Windows executable hand-off process during updates creates two identical ~172 MB backup zips instead of reusing the one already made by the parent process. The fix involves passing the parent's pre-update zip to the child process.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #107543: Windows exe hand-off re-runs the pre-update full backup — two ~172 MB identical zips per update

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107554: fix(update): reuse parent pre-update zip on Windows exe hand-off**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#107584: fix(update): reuse the parent's pre-update backup in the Windows exe hand-off child (#107543)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#107554`, `#107543`

## Fix status

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