# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop: skip unlaunchable git/gh binaries on PATH

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A macOS bug where an unlaunchable Git binary on PATH causes spawn errors during update checks and gh probes. Fixes involve probing non-Windows git and gh candidates for executability before use.

## 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 #114802. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114802 (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-114802`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114718: \[Bug\]: macOS 27 Desktop update check fails with spawn Unknown system error -86 (unlaunchable Git on PATH)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114802: fix(desktop): update check and gh probes skip unlaunchable git/gh on PATH (#114718, salvage #114729)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/bootstrap-runner-git-binary.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/bootstrap-runner.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/select-runnable-binary.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/select-runnable-binary.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/about-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/updates-overlay.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`
- **#114725: fix(desktop): probe non-Windows git candidates for executability**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `35a3f0357189`, `#114802`, `#114718`, `#114729`
- **#114729: fix(desktop): probe non-Windows git and gh candidates for executability**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `35a3f0357189`, `#114802`, `#114718`, `#114729`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114802 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.