# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Packaged Desktop updater protocol mismatch bug fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #118070: \[Bug\]: packaged Desktop updater can create a backend/client protocol mismatch that breaks approvals
- PR #118074: fix(updater): keep packaged Desktop approvals usable after updates
- PR #128612: fix(desktop-update): refuse backend update under a packaged shell before touching it

A bug was identified where the packaged Desktop updater could create a backend/client protocol mismatch that breaks approvals. The members address this by refusing backend updates under a packaged shell and keeping approvals usable after updates.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #118070: \[Bug\]: packaged Desktop updater can create a backend/client protocol mismatch that breaks approvals

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118074: fix(updater): keep packaged Desktop approvals usable after updates**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.ts`
- **#127072: fix(desktop-update): refuse backend update under a packaged shell before touching it**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `852882422c3e`, `16ed24377b59`
- **#128612: fix(desktop-update): refuse backend update under a packaged shell before touching it**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh`, `tests/scripts/desktop_update/test_desktop_update_packaged_pregate.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`