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Windows desktop update exit 124 excessive node spawns fix

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 123216

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A bug caused Windows desktop updates to always exit with code 124 because assert-dist-built spawned a separate node --check process for each renderer chunk (~960 spawns, twice), overwhelming the system past the idle watchdog timeout. Fixes address batching the checks into one child process and treating a completed update killed with exit 124 as terminal.

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  • #130729 Desktop update no longer spends minutes syntax-checking renderer chunks one Node process at a time (salvage #127400, #125201)

    merged to main

    files: apps/desktop/package.json, apps/desktop/scripts/assert-dist-built.mjs, apps/desktop/scripts/check-chunks-parse.mjs, contributors/emails/[redacted:email], hermes_cli/source_build.py, nix/desktop.nix, tests-js/renderer-syntax-node.test.mjs, tests/hermes_cli/test_source_build.py

  • #131001 Finished updates stay finished: no same-commit re-run on launch, Windows exit 124 after completion is success (salvage #123863, #127198)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/post_update.py, hermes_cli/source_stamp.py, hermes_cli/venv_sync.py, scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_launch_completion.py, tests/scripts/desktop_update/test_desktop_update_windows_python_handoff.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #123228 fix(desktop): verify all renderer chunks in one node child (Windows update exit 124) · superseded by another PR
  • #127198 fix(desktop-update): a completed update killed with exit 124 is terminal — never re-run (#96205, #123216) · merged via another change → 7f7e1ab, #131001, #96205, #130729
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#123216[Bug]: Windows Desktop update always exits 124 - assert-dist-built spawns one node --check per renderer chunk (~960 spawns, twice), silent far past the 600s idle watchdog
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2 Oct 2026

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