# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix SSH hermes launcher path file-type check

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #126552: \[Bug\]: Desktop SSH reports update-required when the connection hermes path is a directory — \`\[ -x \]\` accepts a folder, so the capability probe answers NO
- PR #128271: fix(desktop): require a regular file when locating the remote hermes launcher

A bug where the desktop SSH capability probe incorrectly accepted a directory as the hermes launcher path (because \`-x\` permits directories) is addressed by requiring a regular file instead. Two fix entries and the originating bug report cover the same narrow issue.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #126552: \[Bug\]: Desktop SSH reports update-required when the connection hermes path is a directory — \`\[ -x \]\` accepts a folder, so the capability probe answers NO

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126592: fix(desktop): require a regular file when locating the remote hermes launcher**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `e589ed7a7f505377f7636c70080b981537da946d`
- **#128271: fix(desktop): require a regular file when locating the remote hermes launcher**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `c83d8ff480004c036c494bb64ace5866b12ba8a6`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.ts`
- **#130441: fix(desktop): require a regular file when locating the remote hermes launcher**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#128271`

## Fix status

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