NousResearch/hermes-agent

Linux desktop sandbox permissions and update reliability

Cluster 51327 · apps/desktop. Data as of 2026-10-27 11:58 UTC

3 open items. Fix merged in #100136 on 1 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Known?: Yes. 9 related items grouped here, 2 issues already closed.
Fix event: A fix was merged to main in PR #100136. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker: The maintainers' tracker marks this partially resolved, deciding PR #100136. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open: 0 issues and 3 PRs.

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These issues and fixes concern Electron's chrome-sandbox SUID permissions on Linux, problems with the in-app updater failing to relaunch or persist changes, and related sandbox configuration during builds and updates.

Open issues0

No open issues.

Open PRs3

PR#58640fix(desktop): restore chrome-sandbox SUID permissions after update rebuild
PR#59703fix(desktop): atomic binary swap for Linux in-app updater (#58593)
PR#88849fix(desktop): repair chrome-sandbox setuid perms on the --build-only path

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#100136 fix(desktop): use Chromium's userns sandbox on Linux — no sudo, never --no-sandbox (salvage #98135 + #89349)

merged to main

files: contributors/emails/[redacted:email], hermes_cli/main.py, scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh, tests/hermes_cli/test_gui_command.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_linux_sandbox_fixup.py

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2 · superseded by another PR 1

#51334 fix(desktop): finalize Linux sandbox and install launcher after every pack · superseded by another PR → #51327
#89349 fix(cli): use Chromium's namespace sandbox when userns is available instead of requiring setuid chrome-sandbox + sudo · done elsewhere → #100136
#98135 fix(desktop): no-sudo Linux namespace sandbox for chrome-sandbox 0755 · done elsewhere → #100136

Closed issues · 2

Closed#51327[Bug]: Hermes Desktop silently fails from .desktop launcher when Electron chrome-sandbox lacks setuid (4755)
Closed#58593[Bug]: Linux Desktop in-app update repeatedly fails to stick and resets Electron sandbox permissions

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Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
Pairwise link density 0.26: the share of item 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.

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Subsystem: apps/desktop
Merged PRs: #100136
Closed issues: 2
Attempts: 3 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 1 Sep 2026

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