# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows SSH probe error handling and messaging

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address how the desktop SSH remote runtime handles and preserves typed errors when probing Windows hosts. A related issue reports that Windows hosts are rejected despite messaging that implies they are supported.

## 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 #132010. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #132010 (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-132010`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123444: Desktop SSH remote runtime rejects Windows hosts despite error message claiming Windows support

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132010: fix(desktop): preserve typed Windows SSH probe errors \[risk 0.20\]**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/windows-remote-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/windows-remote-lifecycle.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/gateway-settings.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/gateway-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.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_settings.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `locales/_keys.desktop.json`
- **#123837: fix(desktop): preserve typed Windows SSH probe errors**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#123444`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #132010 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-05`.