# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS update fails due to Python env var pollution

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #113294: \[Bug\]: macOS desktop-initiated update always fails with 'No module named encodings' and never relaunches the app
- PR #111843: fix(desktop): drop __PYVENV_LAUNCHER__ in the update hand-off re-exec

A bug where desktop-initiated updates on macOS fail with 'No module named encodings', traced to poisoned Python environment variables. Two fixes address stripping these variables, including __PYVENV_LAUNCHER__, before the update re-exec handoff.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #113294: \[Bug\]: macOS desktop-initiated update always fails with 'No module named encodings' and never relaunches the app

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93969: fix(desktop): strip poisoned Python env vars before desktop-driven update**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#111843: fix(desktop): drop __PYVENV_LAUNCHER__ in the update hand-off re-exec**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#93969`, `#94191`
  - files: `scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh`, `tests/scripts/desktop_update/test_desktop_update_pyvenv_env.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`