# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop SSH probe errors and shell compatibility fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address two distinct Desktop SSH issues: correctly surfacing ownership capability probe **failures** rather than misleading users, and restoring SSH mode functionality when the remote login shell is zsh.

## 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 #112225. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112225 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #112296: \[Bug\]: Desktop SSH says the remote lacks --ssh-session-token-file when the capability probe simply failed, so users update the wrong machine

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112225: fix(desktop): SSH mode works when the remote login shell is zsh (#111949, salvage #111959)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `.github/workflows/js-tests.yml`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/ssh-connection.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/ssh-connection.ts`, `website/docs/user-guide/multi-connection-desktop.md`
- **#112309: fix(desktop): distinguish failed SSH ownership probes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#112225`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112225 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.