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Windows console windows flashing at app startup

Cluster 117781 · hermes cli. Data as of 2026-10-27 11:58 UTC

2 open items. Fix merged in #127209 on 29 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Fix event: A fix was merged to main in PR #127209. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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A bug where the Windows desktop app briefly flashes multiple console windows on startup, caused by backend helper processes (git, tasklist, powershell) being spawned without the CREATE_NO_WINDOW flag. The members include the bug report and related fix attempts targeting console-subsystem child process spawning.

Open issues0

No open issues.

Open PRs2

PR#117797fix(windows): hide console-less backend helpers
PR#117805fix(windows): hide helper consoles spawned by the console-less desktop backend

Fixes on record

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#127209 fix(cli,desktop): hide every console-subsystem child spawn on Windows

merged to main

files: apps/desktop/src/app/shell/system-resources-statusbar.test.tsx, apps/desktop/src/app/shell/system-resources-statusbar.tsx, hermes_cli/_subprocess_compat.py, hermes_cli/gateway.py, hermes_cli/gitlock.py, hermes_cli/local_runtime/bootstrap.py, hermes_cli/local_runtime/hardware.py, hermes_cli/update_cmd.py, hermes_cli/update_cmd_check.py, hermes_cli/update_cmd_git.py, hermes_cli/web_routers/local_models.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_local_n1x_pci_identity.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_unified_pool_quirk.py, tests/test_windows_subprocess_no_window_flags.py

Closed issues · 1

Closed#117781[Bug]: Windows desktop app flashes ~7–8 console windows at startup (console-less backend spawns git/tasklist/powershell without CREATE_NO_WINDOW)

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Subsystem: hermes cli
Merged PRs: #127209
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 0 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 29 Sep 2026

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