# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stale update marker handling on macOS desktop startup

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #120635: Desktop (macOS): update hangs on a stale marker, bricks startup, and leaves the messaging gateway dead

The members concern a stale update marker on macOS desktop that is described as hanging updates, affecting startup, and leaving the messaging gateway unavailable. Two related pull requests propose clearing or self-healing stale markers, including zombie-aware handling across Rust, Python, and Electron readers.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 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 #127238. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #127238 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #120635: Desktop (macOS): update hangs on a stale marker, bricks startup, and leaves the messaging gateway dead

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127238: fix(marker): zombie-aware stale-marker self-heal across Rust, Python, and Electron readers**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/src/update.rs`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-marker.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-marker.ts`, `hermes_cli/_early_recovery.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_early_recovery.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_lock.py`
- **#120643: fix(desktop): clear stale macOS update markers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#127238`, `#120635`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #127238 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-30`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`