# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop bootstrap edge cases and diagnostics fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #39333: \[Bug\]: Desktop can strand managed install on detached HEAD and then report bootstrap repository stage as 'cancelled by user'
- PR #39351: fix(desktop): clarify bootstrap kill diagnostics (#39333)
- PR #39358: fix(desktop): bootstrap SIGTERM vs cancelled + detached HEAD on install

These issues and fixes address edge cases in the desktop bootstrap process, including stale commit repinning, misleading cancellation diagnostics, and incorrect behavior when a managed install is left on a detached HEAD state.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #39333: \[Bug\]: Desktop can strand managed install on detached HEAD and then report bootstrap repository stage as 'cancelled by user'

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#39351: fix(desktop): clarify bootstrap kill diagnostics (#39333)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `39d09453f95e8aefc0c97e5d9b30ff341cae9ed8`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/bootstrap-runner.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/bootstrap-runner.ts`, `scripts/install.sh`, `tests/test_install_sh_detached_head.py`
- **#39358: fix(desktop): bootstrap SIGTERM vs cancelled + detached HEAD on install**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `39d09453f95e8aefc0c97e5d9b30ff341cae9ed8`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/bootstrap-runner.cjs`, `scripts/install.sh`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/bootstrap-installer`