# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows venv console script launcher fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address problems with console script entry points and launchers not being created or found correctly in Windows virtual environments. Work spans PATH propagation, missing .exe files, and repair/verification of launchers during install and update operations.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 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 #54457. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #54457 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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

- #39185: hermes command not available on Windows — missing .exe entry point in venv/Scripts/
- #52931: Windows: hermes.exe console_script entry point missing after uv pip install -e .

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#54457: fix(windows): repair missing console script launchers**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `scripts/install.ps1`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_verify_console_scripts.py`
- **#39396: fix(cli): propagate venv Scripts to session PATH on Windows install (#39185)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `95994bbc568a61297e10bbea0d0c96f3d2148b07`, `#39185`, `#39185`
- **#53203: fix(windows): verify launchers after primary install**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#54457`, `#52940`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #54457 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-28`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`