# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop bundle-skew git probe process management fixes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #128183: fix(desktop): bound, coalesce, and reap the bundle-skew git probe

These issues and pull requests address a bug where desktop bundle-skew git probe processes accumulate, survive app quit or restart, and cause periodic CPU spikes. The work focuses on bounding, coalescing, and properly terminating these probe processes.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #127983. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #127983 (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-127983`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #125243: \[Bug\]: Desktop bundle-skew probes survive app restart and cause periodic CPU spikes on tree:0 clones

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127983: Desktop bundle-skew probes no longer pile up git processes or survive quit (#125243, salvage #126186 + #123039)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/bundle-skew.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/bundle-skew.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/no-console-git.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/no-console-git.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/select-runnable-binary.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/select-runnable-binary.ts`, `contributors/emails/158067205+dreamfarer-space@users.noreply.github.com`, `contributors/emails/30048192+mheals@users.noreply.github.com`
- **#124590: fix(desktop): stop the bundle-skew probe from piling up git processes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#127983`, `#125243`
- **#125861: fix(desktop): kill outstanding bundle-skew git probes at app quit**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#127983`
- **#128183: fix(desktop): bound, coalesce, and reap the bundle-skew git probe**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#92233`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/bundle-skew.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/bundle-skew.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/git-abort.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/git-abort.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/git-probe-tracker.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/git-probe-tracker.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #127983 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-29`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`