# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS desktop update hand-off lock regression fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a regression on macOS where the desktop update hand-off mechanism incorrectly refuses its own update lock, related to creation time handling. The work involves fixes and salvage of prior related issues.

## 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 #134551. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #134551 (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-134551`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #133992: \[Bug\]: Regression of #78119 / #87514: macOS Desktop update hand-off refuses its own hermes update (custodian + second-resolution delegate ct)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#134551: fix: Desktop updates on macOS no longer refuse their own update lock after a relaunch (salvage #134269)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh`, `tests/scripts/desktop_update/test_posix_handoff_pid_export.py`
- **#133909: fix(update): the macOS hand-off writes the creation time the update judges**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a28a5d03a9f`, `66605471e9`, `#134551`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #134551 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-10`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`