# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Authenticate desktop update checks via GitHub API

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #112616: feat(desktop): authenticate the update check's GitHub API calls
- PR #112632: fix(desktop): authenticate the update check's api.github.com calls

These issues and pull requests address the desktop update check hitting GitHub API rate limits when using anonymous calls, and explore authenticating those requests using available credentials such as the gh CLI login.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113801. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113801 (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-113801`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #112615: Desktop update check fails behind a shared exit IP (anonymous GitHub API, 60/hour per IP)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113801: fix(desktop): update check uses the gh CLI login before going anonymous (closes remaining atoms of #112615)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/github-api-auth.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/github-api-auth.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `website/docs/reference/environment-variables.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#112616: feat(desktop): authenticate the update check's GitHub API calls**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/github-api-auth.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/github-api-auth.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#112632: fix(desktop): authenticate the update check's api.github.com calls**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `4baab2a6a64f`, `#112616`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-api-check.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-api-check.ts`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113801 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`