# NousResearch/hermes-agent · hermes update: preserve full git fetch error output

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Members concern \`hermes update\` showing only the first line of git's fetch stderr, which hides the real error and may mislead toward a network cause. The other members appear to be changes aimed at surfacing git's actual fetch error context; their outcome is not stated in the titles.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #140254. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #140254 (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-140254`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #130071: \[Bug\]: \`hermes update\` fetch failure prints only the first git stderr line — real signature hidden, generic message misleads toward network

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#140254: hermes update shows git's real fetch error, not only the From line (#130071, salvage #130082)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd_git.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_fetch_failure_classifier.py`
- **#130082: fix(update): preserve fetch failure stderr context**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `1747a2e8a6`, `#140254`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #140254 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-17`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`