# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows update hand-off console window visibility fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the Windows update hand-off process briefly flashes a visible console window. The work involves changing the launch method to properly hide the console rather than merely minimizing it.

## 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 #116848. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116848 (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-116848`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116161: \[Windows\] update hand-off flashes a non-hidden console: wrapHandoffForDetachedConsole() uses start "" /min, not a hidden launch

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116848: fix(desktop): Windows update hand-off no longer flashes a console window (#116161, salvage #116230)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.ts`, `scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1`
- **#116230: fix(desktop): keep Windows update hand-off console hidden**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `8ac3215ac672`, `#116848`, `#116161`, `#116230`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116848 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.