# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows desktop update rcedit file lock failures

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug report and several fixes addressing intermittent Windows desktop upgrade failures caused by transient rcedit commit errors, likely triggered by file scanner locks during app promotion.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113814. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113814 (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-113814`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #112544: Bug Report: Intermittent Desktop Upgrade Failure — rcedit "Unable to commit changes"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113200: fix(desktop): Windows exe identity stamp survives a transient rcedit lock (#112544, salvage #112552)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/scripts/set-exe-identity.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/set-exe-identity.test.mjs`
- **#113814: fix(desktop): Windows Desktop update survives a scanner file lock during app promotion (closes remaining atoms of #112544)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/scripts/set-exe-identity.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/set-exe-identity.test.mjs`, `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_swap_file_lock_retry.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/updating.md`
- **#112552: fix(desktop): retry transient rcedit commit failures**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#113200`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113814 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.