# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix updater deferral logic requiring valid PID evidence

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug in the updater where a desktop-owned serve process with an unknown or stale pre-update PID could be incorrectly reported as deferred rather than unaccounted. The fixes enforce that evidence of a known PID is required before the updater defers a serve.

## 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 #113089. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113089 (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-113089`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #112605: Follow-up to #112312: updater can report "deferred" success for an old serve incarnation when stale PIDs are unknown

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113089: fix(update): Desktop-owned serve with unknown pre-update pid is reported unaccounted, not deferred (#112605, salvage #112613)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_inventory.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_restart_plan_reconciliation.py`
- **#112613: fix(updater): require evidence before deferring desktop serve**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113089 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.