# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix hung pip probe blocking Windows updates

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #120182: fix(updater): stop hung pip checks from blocking later Windows updates

A hung \`pip --version\` probe during the updater's post-swap dependency phase can orphan the process and block all subsequent update attempts on Windows. Two fixes address bounding the probe and preventing it from stalling later update runs.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #120169: \[Bug\]: Windows — a hung \`pip --version\` probe from the updater's own post-swap deps phase orphans and blocks every later \`hermes update\`

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120182: fix(updater): stop hung pip checks from blocking later Windows updates**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd_deps.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_pip_probe.py`
- **#120191: fix(install): bound the venv pip probe so an update cannot orphan it**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `3eea0fe1e1`, `26c4e8b160`, `33a30fdd8`, `#120169`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`