NousResearch/hermes-agent

Fix update lock conflicts during macOS Desktop handoff

Cluster 134309 · apps/desktop. Data as of 2026-10-27 11:58 UTC

1 open item. Fix merged in #134551 on 10 Oct 2026. Check it covers your case.

open issues

open PR

items grouped

Known?: Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event: A fix was merged to main in PR #134551. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker: The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #134551. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open: 0 issues and 1 PR.

Next step: read #134551, then check it covers your case.

Read #134551 Pick up a Lab task

These issues and PRs address a bug where the macOS Desktop update handoff causes false 'Another update is already running' errors, leading to update loops. Fixes involve correctly exporting the handoff process owner PID and improving how the respawn argv is read.

Open issues0

No open issues.

Open PRs1

PR#134319fix(cli): read the respawn argv from psutil before the ps+shlex fallback

Fixes on record

Merged to main. A stamp counts the issues a fix is linked to.

#134551 fix: Desktop updates on macOS no longer refuse their own update lock after a relaunch (salvage #134269)

merged to main

files: contributors/emails/[redacted:email], scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh, tests/scripts/desktop_update/test_posix_handoff_pid_export.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

#134597 fix(update): export the marker's real owner as HERMES_UPDATE_HANDOFF_PID · done elsewhere → 6660547, #134551, #134269, #134875

Closed issues · 1

Closed#134309`hermes update` fails with "Another update is already running" under the macOS Desktop hand-off, so Desktop loops

How this cluster was grouped

Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item 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.

Pick up a Lab task

Check whether a fix covers the open issues here, with your own agent. Bring back evidence for maintainers.

Open the Lab

At a glance

Subsystem: apps/desktop
Merged PRs: #134551
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 10 Oct 2026

For your agent

The same facts, typed.

cluster/134309.json
cluster/134309.md