# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop gateway ticket minting should use bundled Python

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #138906: \[Bug\]: Microsoft Store Windows install stuck on Connecting — ticket bridge passes Python flags to hermes.exe

Members describe a desktop issue on Microsoft Store Windows installs where the ticket bridge passes Python flags to hermes.exe, with the install stuck on Connecting. Two pull requests propose using the bundled payload's Python to mint gateway tickets; their outcomes are not stated in the titles.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #138906: \[Bug\]: Microsoft Store Windows install stuck on Connecting — ticket bridge passes Python flags to hermes.exe

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#138916: fix(desktop): use payload Python for gateway tickets**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#139174`
- **#139174: fix(desktop): mint gateway tickets with the bundled payload's Python**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#141490`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`