# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows .venv self-update path fix

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #112977: fix(updater): support Windows .venv update paths

These items address a bug where the desktop self-updater fails on Windows when installed via uv into a \`.venv\` directory, because update logic hardcodes the older \`venv\` path convention. The members cover the bug report and multiple fix attempts targeting preflight, gateway-stop, and holder guard components.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113164. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113164 (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-113164`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #112958: \[Bug\]\[Windows\] Desktop self-update impossible on uv-default \`.venv\` installs — preflight, gateway-stop and holder guard all hardcode \`venv\`

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113164: fix(update): Windows Desktop self-update works on uv-default .venv installs (#112958, salvage #112966)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/venv-blocker-scan.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/venv-blocker-scan.ts`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_deps.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_zip.py`, `scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_concurrent_quarantine.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_venv_health.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_zip_fallback_guards.py`, `tests/scripts/desktop_update/test_desktop_update_windows_python_handoff.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/updating.md`
- **#112966: fix(update): support uv .venv desktop self-updates on Windows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#112977`, `#112958`
- **#112977: fix(updater): support Windows .venv update paths**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-prerequisites.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/venv-blocker-scan.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/venv-blocker-scan.ts`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_deps.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_zip.py`, `scripts/desktop-update/venv-path.ps1`, `scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_handoff_desktop_rebuild.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_venv_health.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_venv_ownership_preflight.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_zip_fallback_guards.py`, `tests/scripts/desktop_update/test_desktop_update_windows_venv_path.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113164 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`