# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop update appears hung during gateway drain waits

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Members concern Hermes Agent Desktop updates that seem stalled while background processes or the gateway drain. Two members share a title proposing to announce drain waits during updates, and one is a bug report about updates not proceeding unless background processes are stopped.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #52203. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #52203 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-52203`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #44515: \[Bug\]: Hermes Agent Desktop doesn't update unless hermes background processes are stopped

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#52203: fix(update): announce gateway drain waits so desktop updates don't look hung**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service.py`
- **#44540: fix(update): announce gateway drain waits so desktop updates don't look hung**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#44061`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #52203 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-25`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`