# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop update restart guidance wording and commands

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern the restart instructions shown after a desktop or update flow, including a note that names 'hermes gateway restart' when only a dashboard/serve unit restart may be needed. They also cover deferring guidance to the update log and giving a single exact restart command for a system-scope dashboard unit without root. Their status is not stated in the titles.

## 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 #141070. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #141070 (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-141070`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #141071: \[Bug\]: Desktop update note says 'Run hermes gateway restart' when only a dashboard/serve unit restart is owed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#141070: fix(update): a system-scope dashboard unit without root gets one exact restart command, not a polkit dump (#141021)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/main_dashboard.py`, `hermes_cli/update_abort_recovery.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_fleet.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_fleet_verify.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_maint.py`, `hermes_cli/update_inventory.py`, `hermes_cli/update_receipt.py`, `hermes_cli/update_serve_obligations.py`, `scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh`, `scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_system_dashboard_unit.py`, `tests/scripts/desktop_update/test_desktop_update_gateway_flag.py`
- **#141123: fix(desktop): defer restart guidance to update log**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `3752497cc4`, `#141070`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #141070 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-18`.