# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows Desktop update check misreports git-related failures

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #142934: fix(desktop): name the update failure instead of blaming the update server

These items concern the Windows Desktop update check, where a bootstrap-installed git (under %LOCALAPPDATA%\\hermes\\tools) may not be found by resolveGitBinary() and the error is labeled as an unreachable update server. One member proposes naming the failure more accurately, and another refers to update checks on installs without Git for Windows.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #139352. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #139352 (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-139352`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #122956: \[Bug\]: Windows Desktop update check mislabeled "couldn't reach the update server" — resolveGitBinary() misses bootstrap-installed git (%LOCALAPPDATA%\\hermes\\tools\\git-*)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#139352: Desktop update check works on Windows installs without Git for Windows (#122956)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/source_check.py`, `tests/fixtures/resolution_allowlist.json`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_source_check.py`
- **#142934: fix(desktop): name the update failure instead of blaming the update server**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/update-status.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/update-status.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar_boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/de.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/es.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fr.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant_boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `hermes_cli/source_check.py`, `locales/_keys.desktop.json`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_source_check.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #139352 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`