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Fix malformed LaunchAgent plist aborting CLI cleanup

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #114861 on 18 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A malformed LaunchAgent plist was causing an uncaught ExpatError that aborted post-pull update cleanup on macOS. The fix skips malformed plists instead of halting the process.

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  • #114861 fix(cli): one malformed LaunchAgent plist no longer aborts update cleanup or dashboard --stop (#114142, salvage #114148)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/main_dashboard.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_launchd_plist_guard.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #114148 fix(cli): skip malformed launchd plists instead of aborting update cleanup · merged via another change → 62a119b, #114861, #114142, #114148
  • #114149 fix(dashboard): a malformed LaunchAgent plist no longer aborts the post-pull cleanup · superseded by another PR → 62a119b, #114861, #114142, #114148
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#114142[Bug]: macOS — one malformed LaunchAgent plist aborts `hermes update` post-pull cleanup (uncaught xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError)
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