# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI update refusals for installs predating gateway runtime or diverging

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #140778: fix(update): hold a stable-channel install whose release predates the gateway runtime (GW-19)

Members concern the hermes CLI update flow: holding channel/stable installs whose release predates the gateway runtime, labeling divergent-line releases as rollbacks rather than updates, and a bug report of 'Refusing to move this install' during update. Titles suggest related update-guard behavior, but the details and outcomes are not stated.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #141839. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #141839 (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-141839`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #140729: \[Bug\]: hermes update fails with Refusing to move this install

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#141839: Stable installs on the gateway runtime are held at their build, not offered or refused v0.22.2 (#140729, #139099; salvage #140215 #140778)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/update-status.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/update-status.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar_update_channel.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/de_update_channel.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en_update_channel.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/es_update_channel.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fr_update_channel.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja_update_channel.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru_update_channel.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types_update_channel.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant_update_channel.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh_update_channel.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates-backend-check.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`, `hermes_cli/source_check.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_check.py`, `hermes_cli/update_downgrade_guard.py` (+6 more)
- **#140741: fix(cli): hold a channel install whose release predates the gateway runtime**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#140778`, `#140729`
- **#140742: fix(cli): name a divergent-line release a rollback, not an update**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#140215`, `#140729`, `#139099`, `#140762`
- **#140778: fix(update): hold a stable-channel install whose release predates the gateway runtime (GW-19)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `d923a5eb487a`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_check.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_channel_release_hold.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_downgrade_guard.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #141839 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-22`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`