# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Manual dashboard not respawning after PM update

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where a manual dashboard is left down after a package manager update takeover, because the respawn incorrectly replays a pre-update Python entry point against a now-incompatible launcher shim (causing a \`SyntaxError\`). The fix routes the respawn through the current install's entry point and records \`failed\` respawns appropriately.

## 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 #126149. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126149 (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-126149`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #124778: hermes update leaves a manual dashboard down after the PM takeover: the respawn replays the pre-update venv python on a launcher that is now a shell shim (SyntaxError)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126149: fix(update): bring a manual dashboard back after the PM takeover, and book a failed respawn as failed**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main_dashboard.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_fleet.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_maint.py`, `hermes_cli/update_inventory.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/handoff/_handoff.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/handoff/_scenario.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_old_updater_takeover.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_restart_plan_reconciliation.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_dashboard.py`
- **#124797: fix(update): respawn a manual dashboard through the current install's entry**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#126149`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126149 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.