# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS ad-hoc signing fixes for desktop builds

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address issues where Apple code-signing identities in a developer's keychain cause ambiguous or unintended signing during local desktop builds. The fixes enforce ad-hoc signing when no real signing identity is explicitly configured.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #41499: Local desktop build fails for any dev with an Apple code-signing identity in their keychain (codesign "ambiguous"/identity errors) — force ad-hoc signing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#41524: fix(desktop): force ad-hoc signing when no real signing identity is configured**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#53792`, `#23473`, `#53678`
- **#43460: fix: prevent electron-builder from auto-discovering unrelated code-signing identity on macOS**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#41524`, `#41499`, `#40223`, `#39810`

## Fix status

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