# NousResearch/hermes-agent · PM-managed install path and updater issues

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #128881: fix(update): use PM install root for checkout operations
- PR #128882: fix(pm): resolve updater checkout from managed install root

These members address problems where the updater fails or refuses to operate when the project root is derived from a module path lacking a .git directory, and related crashes in PM subcommands and tool invocations under PM-managed installs. The fixes focus on using the PM install root for checkout and update operations.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #128876: PM-managed install: updater permanently refuses (module-derived PROJECT_ROOT lacks .git); pm subcommands crash on dropped pm/uv.lock; DM delivery children run a bare tools python

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128881: fix(update): use PM install root for checkout operations**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`
- **#128882: fix(pm): resolve updater checkout from managed install root**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `c96a4c6ead`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cmd_update.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`