# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows install failures and error reporting fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #124052: 1
- PR #124070: fix(install): keep a real stage exception's type, hresult and target in the failure reason

These items concern a Windows 11 non-admin installation failure due to access denied errors, along with fixes to improve error messaging during store mutations and to preserve exception details in failure reasons.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #124052: 1

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124070: fix(install): keep a real stage exception's type, hresult and target in the failure reason**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `scripts/install.ps1`, `scripts/tests/test-install-ps1-stage-failure-detail.ps1`
- **#126843: fix(install): denied store mutations name the operation, path, and remediation (fixes #124052)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#125350`, `#94703`, `#125112`, `#124272`

## Fix status

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