# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Merge conflict markers breaking Hermes installs/updates

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple issues and fixes address merge conflict markers accidentally shipped in source files (notably web_server.py and cli.py), causing broken installs and updates on Windows and other platforms. The fixes focus on guarding install paths and ensuring update operations reset cleanly rather than leaving conflict markers in place.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 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 #59304. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #59304 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-59304`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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

- #2348: 'hermes update' can pull non working files
- #59004: \[Bug\]: Windows installer ships broken web_server.py (merge conflict markers)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#59304: fix(install): guard Windows desktop installs against broken web_server (salvage #59230)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `scripts/install.ps1`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_post_pull_syntax_guard.py`, `tests/test_install_ps1_web_server_syntax_probe.py`
- **#59230: fix(install): guard Windows desktop installs against broken web_server**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#59304`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #59304 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-06`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`