# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Linux desktop sandbox permissions and update reliability

## Open now

- 0 issues, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #58640: fix(desktop): restore chrome-sandbox SUID permissions after update rebuild
- PR #59703: fix(desktop): atomic binary swap for Linux in-app updater (#58593)
- PR #88849: fix(desktop): repair chrome-sandbox setuid perms on the --build-only path

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.

## TL;DR

- 9 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 3 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #100136. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #100136 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-100136`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.26`: 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

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

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100136: fix(desktop): use Chromium's userns sandbox on Linux — no sudo, never --no-sandbox (salvage #98135 + #89349)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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`
- **#51334: fix(desktop): finalize Linux sandbox and install launcher after every pack**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#51327`
- **#58640: fix(desktop): restore chrome-sandbox SUID permissions after update rebuild**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`
- **#59703: fix(desktop): atomic binary swap for Linux in-app updater (#58593)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/desktop_update_atomic.py`, `tests/desktop/test_linux_update_atomic.py`
- **#88849: fix(desktop): repair chrome-sandbox setuid perms on the --build-only path**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gui_command.py`
- **#89349: fix(cli): use Chromium's namespace sandbox when userns is available instead of requiring setuid chrome-sandbox + sudo**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100136`
- **#98135: fix(desktop): no-sudo Linux namespace sandbox for chrome-sandbox 0755**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100136`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #100136 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-01`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`