# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix update lock conflicts during macOS Desktop handoff

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #134319: fix(cli): read the respawn argv from psutil before the ps+shlex fallback

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.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

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

## 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`
- **#134319: fix(cli): read the respawn argv from psutil before the ps+shlex fallback**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `0fadde67ea0`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main_dashboard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_dashboard.py`
- **#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  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `66605471e9`, `#134551`, `#134269`, `#134875`

## 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`