# NousResearch/hermes-agent · install.sh autostash 'not a stash reference' drop errors

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Members describe an install script problem where \`git stash drop\` hits a stale or invalid stash reference, including on re-running after an interrupted install and in the Hermes Desktop bundled script. Two members are pull requests that appear to propose resolving the stash by ref and making the drop non-fatal (#14735); their outcomes are not established here.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.39`: 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

- #14735: install.sh: git stash drop fails with 'not a stash reference' when re-running after interrupted install
- #20241: Hermes Desktop install fails: stale stash reference in bundled install script

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#14749: fix(install): non-fatal autostash drop after apply (#14735)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#14702`, `#14749`
- **#14800: fix(install): resolve autostash by stash ref and tolerate stale stash drop (#14735)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `327b8cee9eaeb17724c7b5daa686e736f7d3b5e4`, `#14735`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`