# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop update check proxy env variable support

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address the desktop application's update checker not respecting HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, and NO_PROXY environment variables. The work focuses on making update API requests to api.github.com route correctly through configured proxies.

## 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 #117001. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117001 (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-117001`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114736: Desktop update check ignores HTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY (fails behind corporate proxy)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117001: fix(desktop): update check reaches api.github.com through HTTPS_PROXY/HTTP_PROXY, honouring NO_PROXY (#114736, salvage #114750)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-api-proxy.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-api-proxy.ts`, `apps/desktop/package.json`, `website/docs/reference/environment-variables.md`
- **#114750: fix(desktop): honor proxy env for update API checks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `522e121e90a0`, `#117001`, `#114736`, `#114750`
- **#114814: fix(desktop): the update check honours HTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `522e121e90a0`, `#117001`, `#114736`, `#114750`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117001 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.