# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Wrong PID exported in desktop update hand-off

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug causes desktop-initiated updates to export an incorrect PID as HERMES_UPDATE_HANDOFF_PID, causing them to block themselves with exit 2. The members cover the bug report and several fix attempts to export the marker's actual owner PID.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #134268: \[Bug\]: Desktop hand-off exports the wrong pid as HERMES_UPDATE_HANDOFF_PID — every desktop-initiated update self-blocks with exit 2

## 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  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh`, `tests/scripts/desktop_update/test_posix_handoff_pid_export.py`
- **#134269: fix(install): name the marker owner as the Desktop hand-off pid**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `66605471e9`, `#134551`
- **#134597: fix(update): export the marker's real owner as HERMES_UPDATE_HANDOFF_PID**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `66605471e9`, `#134551`, `#134269`, `#134269`, `#134875`
- **#134875: fix(install): export the marker's owner as HERMES_UPDATE_HANDOFF_PID (+ behavioural test)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `66605471e9`, `#134551`, `#134269`, `#134268`, `#134269`
- **#135823: fix(update): export the custodian pid as HERMES_UPDATE_HANDOFF_PID**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `66605471e9`, `#134551`, `#134269`

## 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`