# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix conflicting update status UI messages

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #128195: \[Bug\]: Updates UI shows "Restart to finish" and "couldn't reach update server" simultaneously after local source-check failure
- PR #128202: fix(desktop): prioritize pending bundle restart status
- PR #128702: fix(desktop): prioritize pending restart and explain update errors accurately

A bug was reported where the updates UI simultaneously showed 'Restart to finish' and 'couldn't reach update server' after a local source-check failure. Two related fixes address prioritizing the pending bundle restart status and improving accuracy of update error messaging.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #128195: \[Bug\]: Updates UI shows "Restart to finish" and "couldn't reach update server" simultaneously after local source-check failure

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128202: fix(desktop): prioritize pending bundle restart status**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `.pr-body.md`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/about-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/updates-overlay.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/update-status.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/update-status.tsx`
- **#128702: fix(desktop): prioritize pending restart and explain update errors accurately**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `8b66a51036c1e20920a17cdd049fdf55c968d683`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/about-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/updates-overlay.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/update-status.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/update-status.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar_boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/de.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/es.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fr.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant_boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `locales/_keys.desktop.json`

## Fix status

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