# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Remote backend desktop plugin install stuck copying

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #114190: feat(desktop): install a plugin's desktop UI half from the connected backend

These items address a scenario where a plugin's desktop UI component, when installed via a remote backend, gets stuck indefinitely in a 'copying' state. The work involves installing the desktop half from the connected backend and marking it unavailable rather than looping forever.

## 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 #114979. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114979 (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-114979`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114079: \[Bug\]: Unified agent+desktop package's desktop half never materializes when the desktop app connects to a remote backend — stuck on "copying…" indefinitely

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114979: fix(desktop): remote-backend desktop half shows 'unavailable' instead of copying forever (#114079, salvage #114171)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/skills/plugins-tab.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/skills/plugins-tab.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `website/docs/developer-guide/desktop-plugin-sdk.md`
- **#114171: fix(desktop): mark a remote-backend desktop half unavailable instead of forever copying**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `aee7de4db5d9`, `#114979`, `#114079`, `#114171`
- **#114190: feat(desktop): install a plugin's desktop UI half from the connected backend**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `4ec41884a00ec1ac46aa3e672a7b5867a6fe6d1f`, `c712f06dcdd24053a4118f38d2090ac53137ecfc`, `228022ef5b209cb0a3d739394edddf887e1db0f6`, `#114079`, `#114171`, `#66899`, `#101046`, `#90142`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/desktop-plugin-gateway-install.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/desktop-plugin-gateway-install.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/fs-ipc.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/skills/plugins-tab.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/contrib/runtime-loader.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/contrib/runtime-loader.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/agent-plugins.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/agent-plugins.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_plugins_manage_desktop_half.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/tools_mcp_plugins.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_tools.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114979 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`