# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Upgrade bundled Node.js default to version 24 LTS

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #25012: Upgrade bundled Node.js from 22 to 24 (Node 24 has been LTS since Oct 2025)
- PR #25043: feat: upgrade bundled Node.js from 22 to 24

These issues and pull requests concern bumping the bundled or default Node.js version from 22 to 24 LTS, with some also proposing accompanying upgrades to Python 3.13 and Vite 8 in the installer toolchain defaults.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.27`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #25012: Upgrade bundled Node.js from 22 to 24 (Node 24 has been LTS since Oct 2025)

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #40666: Bump install-script default toolchain: Python 3.13, Node 24 LTS, Vite 8
- #45374: Bundled Node 22 is behind current LTS (Node 24) — causes EBADENGINE warnings on every install

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#25043: feat: upgrade bundled Node.js from 22 to 24**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#25012`
  - files: `scripts/install.sh`, `scripts/lib/node-bootstrap.sh`
- **#40689: feat(installer): bump default toolchain to Python 3.13, Node 24 LTS, Vite 8**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#40766: feat(installer): bump default toolchain to Python 3.13, Node 24 LTS, Vite 8**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#40689`
- **#45426: fix(install): bump bundled Node from 22 to 24 LTS**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#25012`, `#25043`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/bootstrap-installer`