# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop binary download retry and resume handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #122478: \[Bug\]: Desktop install unrecoverable on a flaky link — binary downloads have no retry/resume, and an already-cached Electron zip is re-downloaded
- PR #122508: fix(desktop): retry, resume, and share caches for packaging binary downloads
- PR #123242: fix(desktop): retry electron artifact downloads with resume and default-cache fallback

These issues and fixes concern unreliable desktop installation when downloads fail on flaky connections, specifically addressing missing retry, resume, and cache-reuse behavior for Electron and other packaging binary downloads.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #122478: \[Bug\]: Desktop install unrecoverable on a flaky link — binary downloads have no retry/resume, and an already-cached Electron zip is re-downloaded

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122508: fix(desktop): retry, resume, and share caches for packaging binary downloads**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `7348a9d372`, `#122478`
  - files: `apps/desktop/scripts/patch-electron-get-downloads.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/patch-electron-get-downloads.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/prepare-packaging-tools.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/run-electron-builder.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/windows-bundle-tools.mjs`
- **#123242: fix(desktop): retry electron artifact downloads with resume and default-cache fallback**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `063ef747f7808a12af10ae9ac6871f8737bc0fcb`
  - files: `apps/desktop/scripts/prepare-packaging-download.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/prepare-packaging-tools.mjs`

## Fix status

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