# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Backend update-check failure reporting correction

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where a failing backend update check was incorrectly reported as 'up to date' instead of surfacing the actual error. The work involves making update-check errors visible to users in the desktop overlay.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #122081. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122081 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-122081`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #119801: Desktop update overlay says the backend is on the latest version when the update check failed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122081: fix: backend update-check errors surface, managed-Cloud Screen copy, bundle-skew covers apps/shared, catalog cache drops on update, MCP liveness says what's wrong**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/bundle-skew.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/bundle-skew.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/plugins/plugins-tab.tsx`, `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`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/i18n.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/screen-connection.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/screen-hero.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/screen-managed-copy.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/screen-pane.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/screen-portal.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/agent-plugins.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates-backend-check.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json` (+11 more)
- **#119803: fix(desktop): report a failed backend update check instead of "up to date"**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122081`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122081 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.