# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban dispatch conflicts with Windows desktop updater

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #113554: fix(updater): let Windows Desktop update with kanban runs active

These items address a bug where active or re-dispatched kanban CLI agent runs interfere with the Windows desktop updater, likely due to venv shim locking. The proposed fixes involve pausing kanban dispatch during desktop update windows.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #113548: Bug: Kanban-dispatched CLI agent runs repeatedly defeat the Windows desktop updater (venv shim lock) — dispatch not paused and killed runs re-dispatched

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113550: fix(kanban): pause dispatch during desktop updates**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#113554`
- **#113554: fix(updater): let Windows Desktop update with kanban runs active**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `5febd77f6c8a46d5b92950823ba411ddc490e9f3`, `6479b08bf9fae5da94724112063f0a68afdb6b4f`, `260da4ef6251b29aa830c8c949dbe7c92d58df5f`, `5910de20bc9839fdd36e791a9d72ba2c2e722f66`, `#105950`, `#113548`, `#113550`, `#91162`, `#109589`, `#110357`, `#104125`, `#105756`, `#74782`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/kanban-quiesce-before-update.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/kanban-quiesce-before-update.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-marker.ts`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_update_coordination.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins.py`, `hermes_cli/update_lock.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_update_coordination.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_lock.py`

## Fix status

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