# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows packaging issue with HUD helper binary

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #127420: \[Bug\]: Windows install: packaging fails with ENOENT for hud-modifier-monitor.exe
- PR #127472: fix(desktop): keep Windows packaging working without optional HUD helper

A bug and two related fixes concern Windows desktop packaging failures caused by the hud-modifier-monitor.exe file being missing or not staged correctly during the build process.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #127420: \[Bug\]: Windows install: packaging fails with ENOENT for hud-modifier-monitor.exe

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127472: fix(desktop): keep Windows packaging working without optional HUD helper**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `apps/desktop/scripts/before-pack.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/before-pack.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/build-hud-modifier-monitor.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/package-with-hud-fallback.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/prepared-native-deps.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/prepared-packaging.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/run-electron-builder.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/windows-hud-packaging.test.mjs`
- **#127598: fix(desktop): stage native helpers with libuv-safe primitives so hud-modifier-monitor.exe survives packaging**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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