# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Linux symlink install root breaks update relaunch

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the Desktop update process incorrectly handles symlinked install roots on Linux, causing a false positive in the skew gate that prevents or mishandles relaunching after an update. The fix involves canonicalising paths before comparison.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #108897. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #108897 (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-108897`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #108867: Desktop update never relaunches when the Linux install root is a symlink (linux_gate skew false positive)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108897: Desktop update relaunches on Linux when the install root is a symlink (#108867, salvage #91617)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh`, `tests/test_desktop_update_linux_gate.py`
- **#91617: fix(update): canonicalise relaunch-target paths before the linux skew gate**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d3b090a3974c`, `1b1f5c4abed4`, `#108897`, `#108867`, `#107155`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #108897 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-12`.
- Subsystem: `cron/scripts`