# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop update check Git detection on source installs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members concern the desktop update check's Git lookup, including a reported head-unavailable error on source installs where a package-manager-managed Git is not found and unsuccessful checks are cached. One related item mentions Windows installs without Git for Windows, and another is a pull request about locating package-manager-managed Git for source checks.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #127070. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #127070 (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-127070`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #127064: Desktop update check fails with head-unavailable on source installs: git candidate ladder misses the PM-managed Git, and failed checks are cached

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127070: fix(desktop): resolve PM-managed Git for source checks**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/git-binary-candidates.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/git-binary-candidates.ts`
- **#139352: Desktop update check works on Windows installs without Git for Windows (#122956)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/source_check.py`, `tests/fixtures/resolution_allowlist.json`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_source_check.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #127070 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`