# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows SSH probe payload exceeds exec channel limit

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #118987: Desktop SSH: Windows update-marker probe payload exceeds SSH exec transport limit (~2.5k chars) → PowerShell ParserError
- PR #119005: fix(desktop): ship the Windows update-marker probe script over SSH stdin (exec-channel argv limit)

These items address a problem where Windows PowerShell probe scripts sent over SSH exec channels exceed the argument length limit (~2.5k chars), causing parser errors. The fix involves streaming the probe payload over SSH stdin instead of the exec channel argv.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118987: Desktop SSH: Windows update-marker probe payload exceeds SSH exec transport limit (~2.5k chars) → PowerShell ParserError

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118991: fix(desktop): stream Windows update marker probe over SSH stdin**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `02a802a7ef87f360fee0aa8d31e9232fc8800983`
- **#119005: fix(desktop): ship the Windows update-marker probe script over SSH stdin (exec-channel argv limit)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/windows-remote-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/windows-remote-lifecycle.ts`
- **#119052: fix(desktop): ship over-long Windows PowerShell probes over SSH exec stdin**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `7babd6b7d08db3c88d8143b9f86e15758885f4ef`

## Fix status

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