# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix launchers misbound to foreign HERMES_HOME

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #128579: fix(install,update): a borrowed HERMES_HOME leaves the checkout alone; the macOS update panel shows progress

A bug where launching Hermes under a different HERMES_HOME incorrectly rebinds shared launchers to that environment's Python, potentially bricking the checkout if that home is later deleted. The fixes ensure a borrowed HERMES_HOME leaves the original checkout's launchers untouched.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #132521. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #132521 (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-132521`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #123238: \[Bug\]: Launching under a different HERMES_HOME rebinds the checkout's shared launchers to that home's Python; a deleted temp home then bricks hermes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132521: fix(cli,pm): a borrowed HERMES_HOME leaves the shared checkout's launchers and tail to its owner**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/_launchers.py`, `hermes_cli/venv_sync.py`, `pm/environments.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_borrowed_home_launch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_hermes_home_shared_launchers.py`
- **#123887: fix(cli): keep shared launchers off foreign HERMES_HOME interpreters**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#132521`, `#128579`
- **#128579: fix(install,update): a borrowed HERMES_HOME leaves the checkout alone; the macOS update panel shows progress**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#132521`, `#123238`
  - files: `hermes_cli/_launchers.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/update_stage.py`, `hermes_cli/venv_sync.py`, `pm/environments.py`, `scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh`, `scripts/desktop-update/update-panel.js`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_borrowed_home_launch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_hermes_home_shared_launchers.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_apply_stage.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stage.py`, `tests/scripts/desktop_update/test_desktop_update_panel_clock.py`
- **#132688: fix(launchers): keep foreign-home interpreter pins instead of rebinding shared launchers (fixes #123238)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `353b843f06`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #132521 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-04`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`