# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WSL update picking Windows npm, misreporting dependency refresh errors

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members concern the CLI update path on WSL, where Windows npm may be looked up instead of a Linux-native one, and where an error during the Node dependency refresh may still be reported as a complete update. Three titles describe fixes (one a salvage of an earlier change) and one is a bug report; their outcomes are not stated here.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #65528. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #65528 (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-65528`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #30271: \[Bug\] WSL update path resolves Windows npm, breaks ui-tui dependency refresh, but still reports "Update complete!"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#65528: fix(cli): don't run Windows npm on WSL update + honest partial-failure reporting (#36034 salvage)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cmd_update.py`
- **#30296: fix(cli): resolve Linux-native npm in WSL; report partial update failure (#30271)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#36034: fix(cli): don't run Windows npm on WSL update and stop reporting success on Node refresh failure**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `94136efcc`, `#65528`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #65528 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-16`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`