# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skipped desktop installs left incomplete when app running

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #123737: \[Bug\]: Skipped Desktop install ("is running and was not refreshed") is never completed — stale build persists with no in-app way to finish it
- PR #128465: fix(desktop): record and complete installs skipped for a running bundle (#123737)

A bug where desktop installations skipped because the bundle was already running would never complete, leaving a stale build in place. The associated fixes address recording and completing these skipped installs.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123737: \[Bug\]: Skipped Desktop install ("is running and was not refreshed") is never completed — stale build persists with no in-app way to finish it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#123758: fix(desktop): record and complete installs skipped for a running bundle**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#128465: fix(desktop): record and complete installs skipped for a running bundle (#123737)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `4506f9e8f0bdfdb4401a03b071933dab2f4f4c16`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/pending-desktop-install.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/pending-desktop-install.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/update-status.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/update-status.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/types.ts`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`, `hermes_cli/source_build.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/gui.py`, `locales/_keys.desktop.json`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_local_flag.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_pending_install.py`

## Fix status

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