# NousResearch/hermes-agent · POSIX app swap disrupts live desktop sessions

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #131624: Desktop stage-and-swap SIGTERMs the live app mid-session when an update runs outside its process tree
- PR #131631: fix(desktop): preserve live app during posix promotion
- PR #131647: fix(desktop): preserve live sessions during posix app swaps

These items address a scenario where the desktop stage-and-swap update mechanism sends SIGTERM to a running app mid-session on POSIX systems. The fixes aim to preserve live sessions and the live app process during promotion and swap operations.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #131624: Desktop stage-and-swap SIGTERMs the live app mid-session when an update runs outside its process tree

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131631: fix(desktop): preserve live app during posix promotion**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#131631`, `#131647`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`
- **#131647: fix(desktop): preserve live sessions during posix app swaps**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#131631`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`, `hermes_cli/main_desktop_processes.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_live_session_swap.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_swap_crash_recovery.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_swap_file_lock_retry.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gui_command.py`

## Fix status

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