# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows self-update stale hand-off failure fix

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #108095: fix(desktop): stop a stale hand-off root failing a healthy update

These items address a bug where a stale Windows hand-off or caller root causes a healthy self-update to be incorrectly reported as \`failed\`. The fixes involve retrying or skipping verification when the stale caller root has no executable.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #122261. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122261 (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-122261`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #107685: \[Bug\]: Windows self-update reports a healthy install as FAILED (exit 8) on the run that carries its own verify fix

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122261: fix(desktop): stop a stale Windows hand-off failing a healthy update**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/desktop_update_verify.py`, `scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_update_verify.py`
- **#107694: fix(desktop): retry Windows update verify when stale caller root has no exe**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122261`, `#107685`
- **#108095: fix(desktop): stop a stale hand-off root failing a healthy update**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#107694`, `#107685`
  - files: `hermes_cli/desktop_update_verify.py`, `scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh`, `scripts/desktop-update/retry-policy.ps1`, `scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_update_verify.py`, `tests/test_desktop_update_build_failure_retry.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122261 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`