# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hermes update breaks node_modules dependency state

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #34335: Optimization: Robust update process for hermes update

These items concern a recurring issue where the hermes update process leaves web/node_modules in a broken or inconsistent state, causing missing packages and service failures. Fixes and robustness improvements around cleaning and retrying node_modules on dependency layout mismatches are the shared theme.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.79`: 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

- #34335: Optimization: Robust update process for hermes update

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #34312: \[Bug\]: hermes update leaves web/node_modules in broken state — dashboard service crash-loops with lucide-react resolve + missing tsc

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#34373: fix(update): clean retry web/node_modules on dep-layout mismatch (#34312, #34335)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `34eb1aaa9a80baf1524d8b87ea78a07702d4aa90`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._

## Fix status

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