# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop update proxy support for restricted networks

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #123387: \[Bug\]: hermes update fails at desktop packaging when direct github.com access is blackholed (TypeError: fetch failed)
- PR #128542: fix(desktop): honor a proxy for in-app update checks and hand-offs (#60049)

These items relate to ensuring desktop app update checks and downloads (including Electron and Hermes) respect system proxy settings when direct internet access is blocked or restricted.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123387: \[Bug\]: hermes update fails at desktop packaging when direct github.com access is blackholed (TypeError: fetch failed)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#123408: fix(update): reuse desktop system proxy for Electron downloads**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#128542`
- **#128542: fix(desktop): honor a proxy for in-app update checks and hand-offs (#60049)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-transport-proxy.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-transport-proxy.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater/channel.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater/checkout-current-sha.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater/checkout-handoff.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater/checkout-legacy.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater/checkout-ownership.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater/checkout-source.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater/checkout-source.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater/checkout.ts`, `hermes_cli/source_build.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_source_build.py`

## Fix status

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