# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows install failure unpacking pinned Git

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to a bug where fresh Windows installations fail during setup due to problems unpacking the pinned Git (PortableGit) dependency, and attempts to fix the extraction process.

## 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 #125598. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #125598 (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-125598`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #122512: \[Bug\]: windows desktop setup fail

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125598: fix(install): fresh Windows 10 installs no longer die unpacking pinned Git (PortableGit, salvage #123094)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `pm/lock.json`, `pm/packages.py`, `pm/store.py`, `scripts/install.ps1`, `tests/pm/test_store_extract.py`, `tests/scripts/install/test_install_ps1_pinned_git_extract.py`, `website/docs/reference/package-management.md`
- **#123094: fix(install): stage pinned git without tar/bzip2 (PortableGit self-extracting 7z pin)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122512`, `#122774`, `#122834`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #125598 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.