# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop update gate repro script hermetic fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #108150: \[Bug\]: \`scripts/desktop-update/repro.sh gate\` is not hermetic — userns-dependent expectation, result-file race, and real desktop notifications from the fake-home run
- PR #128302: fix(desktop-update): make the repro.sh update gate hermetic

These items address non-hermetic behavior in the desktop update gate reproduction script, including user-namespace dependencies, a result-file race condition, and unintended real desktop notifications during fake-home runs.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #108150: \[Bug\]: \`scripts/desktop-update/repro.sh gate\` is not hermetic — userns-dependent expectation, result-file race, and real desktop notifications from the fake-home run

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108158: fix(desktop): make update gate repro hermetic**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#128302`, `#108150`
- **#128302: fix(desktop-update): make the repro.sh update gate hermetic**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh`, `scripts/desktop-update/repro.sh`, `tests/scripts/desktop_update/test_desktop_update_no_notify.py`

## Fix status

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