# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Update check logic, caching, and version reporting bugs

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #43824: fix: clarify update status for branch and tag checkouts

These issues and PRs concern problems with how the update checker determines the latest version (main vs. release tags), stale or incorrectly keyed update-check cache behavior, and false 'commits behind' warnings shown to users. A few adjacent items touch Windows update behavior and stable release cadence proposals.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.34`: 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

- #38093: \[Bug\]: main branch reports 0.15.1 after v2026.5.29.2 release
- #38618: Update reports 7 commits behind / remains on 0.15.1 when main differs from latest release tag 0.15.2

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#38103: fix(version): bump main branch to 0.15.2 to match latest release tag v2026.5.29.2**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#38619: fix: bump version from 0.15.1 to 0.15.2 to match release tag v2026.5.29.2**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#38103`
- **#43824: fix: clarify update status for branch and tag checkouts**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/banner.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`

## Fix status

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