# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI update npm install speed and stall handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #39267: \[Bug\]: glacial update with high cpu usage
- PR #96049: fix(update): add idle timeout to npm ci so a stalled install fails over to npm install

These members all concern the CLI update flow's npm steps: adding an idle timeout to npm ci with fallback to npm install, using --prefer-offline during update, and a report of a very slow update with high CPU usage. The group appears to center on update performance and stalls, though the bug report's cause is not established by the titles alone.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #77613. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #77613 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #39267: \[Bug\]: glacial update with high cpu usage

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#77613: perf(cli): npm --prefer-offline during update (#39399 salvage)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_ui_build.py`
- **#39399: perf(cli): add --prefer-offline to npm install during update (#39267)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#77613`
- **#96049: fix(update): add idle timeout to npm ci so a stalled install fails over to npm install**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#39267`, `#33788`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cmd_update.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #77613 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-03`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`