# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Clean up leftover temp files after installation errors

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address temporary files that persist after installation errors or atomic-swap operations, including a Windows-specific case where a leftover \`.tmp\` file is opened by Notepad at every login. Fixes span the gateway and CLI components.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114838. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114838 (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-114838`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114093: \[Bug\]: Windows: a failed Startup-folder install leaves Hermes_Gateway.tmp behind - Windows opens it with Notepad at every login

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114838: fix(gateway-windows): a failed Startup-folder install leaves no Hermes_Gateway.tmp for Notepad to open at login (#114093, salvage #81511)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/delacaola@users.noreply.github.com`, `hermes_cli/gateway_windows.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_windows.py`
- **#114096: fix(gateway): remove failed Windows Startup temp launchers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `22aa0eb24a07`, `#114838`, `#114093`, `#81511`
- **#114100: fix(cli): discard staging temp files when the atomic swap fails**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `22aa0eb24a07`, `#114838`, `#114093`, `#81511`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114838 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.