# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows desktop update falsely reports failure after success

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #127290: fix(desktop-update): a post-update crash yields a truthful receipt, never the opaque default (#109627)

A bug on Windows causes successful desktop updates to report failure because a post-update PowerShell phase crashes before verification, writing default error values. The fixes aim to trap these exceptions and emit accurate receipts reflecting the true update outcome.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #109627: \[Bug\]: \[Windows\] Desktop-triggered update reports FAILED (exit 1, 'update did not complete') after every *successful* update — post-update PowerShell phase dies before verify, finally writes script defaults

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109646: fix(desktop-update): trap post-update exceptions and emit truthful receipts on Windows (#109627)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#127290: fix(desktop-update): a post-update crash yields a truthful receipt, never the opaque default (#109627)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `#109627`
  - files: `scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1`, `tests/scripts/desktop_update/test_desktop_update_windows_receipt.py`

## Fix status

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