# NousResearch/hermes-agent · hermes update stable channel ancestry probe timeout handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members concern \`hermes update\` on the stable channel, where a 10-second git ancestry probe for an unfetched release commit is reported to time out and lead to the update being refused. One member is a bug report and the other two are changes (one referencing a salvage of #137646) that address how an unanswered probe is handled.

## 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 #139079. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #139079 (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-139079`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #137646: \[Bug\]: \`hermes update\` refuses the stable channel when the release commit is not local (10 s ancestry probe times out)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#139079: hermes update no longer refuses the stable channel when git is slow to find the unfetched release (#137646, salvage #137649)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/source_releases.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_chat_native.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_stable_forward_only_shallow.py`
- **#137649: fix(update): an ancestry probe git never answered does not refuse the update**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `3bdb82d6ec`, `#139079`, `#137646`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #139079 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-15`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`