# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Surface silent backend exits on Windows desktop

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #118784: \[Windows\] Desktop backend exits (code 1) ~129x over 3 weeks; silent respawn drops in-chat pinned attachments with no notice and no crash trace
- PR #128420: fix(desktop): surface superseded backend exits and attribute Windows tree-kill -1 exits

These issues and fixes concern the desktop backend exiting silently on Windows, causing pinned attachments to drop without notice. The work focuses on detecting, attributing, and surfacing these superseded backend exits and their reasons.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #118784: \[Windows\] Desktop backend exits (code 1) ~129x over 3 weeks; silent respawn drops in-chat pinned attachments with no notice and no crash trace

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118823: fix(desktop): surface a silently superseded backend exit and its exit reason**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#128420: fix(desktop): surface superseded backend exits and attribute Windows tree-kill -1 exits**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#119440`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/backend-child.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-child.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-claim.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-exit-recovery.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-exit-recovery.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/local-backend-lifecycle.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `gateway/run.py`, `locales/_keys.desktop.json`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_process_exit.py`

## Fix status

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