# NousResearch/hermes-agent · App exit and single-instance behavior on Windows/Linux

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address the desktop app not exiting when its window is closed on Windows/Linux, and the resulting silent background instance blocking a fresh relaunch. A fix and related changes are proposed to exit on last-window-close and restore the existing window on second-instance launch.

## 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 #132168. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #132168 (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-132168`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #130810: Desktop (Windows): closing the window does not exit the app, and the leftover instance silently blocks relaunch

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132168: Desktop quits when the last window closes on Windows/Linux (#130810, salvage #130835)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main-window-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main-window-lifecycle.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/window-focus-policy.ts`
- **#130835: fix(desktop): exit on window close and restore window on second instance (#130810)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `44533f11e3`, `#132168`, `#130810`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #132168 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-03`.