# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Linux desktop launcher CLI targeting fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address how the Linux desktop launcher locates and invokes the managed CLI, including skipping unnecessary rebuilds and correcting the executable target used to serve the app.

## 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 #126650. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126650 (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-126650`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #122438: Linux desktop launcher self-heals Exec to managed venv without apps/desktop

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126650: fix(desktop): Linux launcher targets a CLI that can serve the app and skips the rebuild**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/linux_desktop_entry.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_linux_desktop_entry.py`
- **#122442: fix(desktop): skip the managed CLI in the Linux launcher**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `79a6fd3e996b8677658cade73963f9f596a044c9`, `#126650`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126650 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.