# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop install cancel kills lingering processes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #119753: \[Bug\]: Desktop "Cancel install" (and quitting mid-install) leaves the running stage's git/uv going, and Cancel hangs until it finishes
- PR #128415: fix(desktop): cancel kills the installer's whole stage tree and reports a cancel

A bug was identified where cancelling or quitting mid-install left background git/uv processes running and caused the cancel to hang. Fixes were introduced to kill the entire process tree of the running stage on cancel.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `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.

## Open related issues

- #119753: \[Bug\]: Desktop "Cancel install" (and quitting mid-install) leaves the running stage's git/uv going, and Cancel hangs until it finishes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119754: fix(desktop): cancelling the install kills the running stage's whole process tree**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#128415: fix(desktop): cancel kills the installer's whole stage tree and reports a cancel**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0d92186e54ba1eaa3aaede2f01d131554bc5068e`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/bootstrap-quit.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/bootstrap-runner.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/desktop-install-overlay.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/desktop-install-overlay.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/de.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/es.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fr.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`

## Fix status

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