# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stub npx warm-up in updater npm-cache tests

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a problem where updater npm-cache unit tests invoke a real npx process during cache warm-up, causing stalls in offline or cold-cache environments. The work involves stubbing that npx call across the relevant test classes.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116917. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116917 (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-116917`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #115034: Updater npm-cache unit test reaches a real npx warm and stalls in an offline cold-cache environment

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116917: fix(tests): updater npm-cache tests stub the npx warm-up, no real npx reached offline (#115034, salvage #115048)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/hermes_cli/test_cmd_update.py`
- **#115048: test(update): stub the npx cache warm-up in the remaining _update_node_dependencies test classes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `dca9da4f6bc1`, `#116917`, `#115034`, `#115048`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116917 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.