# NousResearch/hermes-agent · PowerShell profile causes hermes update to hang

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #108740: fix(install): pass -NoProfile so a user PowerShell profile cannot wedge hermes update

A bug where \`hermes update\` hangs indefinitely on Windows because PowerShell child processes load the user profile, and accompanying fixes that pass \`-NoProfile\` to prevent user profiles from interfering with managed uv installation.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #108735: \[Bug\]: Windows \`hermes update\` hangs forever at "Installing managed uv" — PowerShell child loads the user profile (missing -NoProfile)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108740: fix(install): pass -NoProfile so a user PowerShell profile cannot wedge hermes update**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#108741`, `#108735`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dep_ensure.py`, `hermes_cli/managed_uv.py`, `scripts/check-windows-footguns.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dep_ensure.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_managed_uv.py`
- **#108741: fix(cli): skip PowerShell profiles installing managed uv**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#102765`

## Fix status

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