# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows file-lock retry fixes for archive operations

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug and two fixes addressing Windows-specific errors where antivirus or file-system scanners hold locks on freshly extracted directories, causing rename failures during archive hoisting and product publishing. The fixes introduce retry logic to wait out transient locks.

## 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 #133484. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #133484 (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-133484`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #131884: \[Bug\]: Windows \`hermes update\` fails installing ffmpeg/agent-browser with \[WinError 5\] — flatten_single_dir renames a freshly extracted tree without retry

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#133484: fix(build,pm): wait out Windows scanner holds on fresh-tree renames**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/scripts/build-hud-modifier-monitor.mjs`, `pm/filesystem.py`, `pm/install.py`, `pm/store.py`, `scripts/build/frontend-common.mjs`, `tests-js/frontend-common-publish.test.mjs`, `tests/pm/test_archive_safety.py`
- **#131886: fix(pm,build): retry transient Windows locks in the archive hoist and product publish**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#133484`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #133484 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-05`.