Update check logic, caching, and version reporting bugs

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• #1637 fix(cli): invalidate update-check cache after hermes update

  merged to main

  files: hermes_cli/main.py

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  • hermes_cli/main.py

    @@ -2124,7 +2124,17 @@ def _restore_stashed_changes(
         print("  Review `git diff` / `git status` if Hermes behaves unexpectedly.")
         return True
     
    -
    +def _invalidate_update_cache():
    +    """Delete the update-check cache so ``hermes --version`` doesn't
    +    report a stale "commits behind" count after a successful update."""
    +    try:
    +        cache_file = Path(os.getenv(
    +            "HERMES_HOME", Path.home() / ".hermes"
    +        )) / ".update_check"
    +        if cache_file.exists():
    +            cache_file.unlink()
    +    except Exception:
    +        pass
     
     def cmd_update(args):
         """Update Hermes Agent to the latest version."""
    @@ -2197,6 +2207,7 @@ def cmd_update(args):
             commit_count = int(result.stdout.strip())
             
             if commit_count == 0:
    +            _invalidate_update_cache()
                 print("✓ Already up to date!")
                 return
             
    @@ -2217,6 +2228,8 @@ def cmd_update(args):
                         prompt_user=prompt_for_restore,
                     )
             
    +        _invalidate_update_cache()
    +        
             # Reinstall Python dependencies (prefer uv for speed, fall back to pip)
             print("→ Updating Python dependencies...")
             uv_bin = shutil.which("uv")

• #34846 feat(cli): warn on unsupported pip installs + fix stale update-check cache (#34491)

  merged to main

  files: hermes_cli/banner.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_pip_install_detection.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_check.py, website/docs/user-guide/features/code-execution.md