# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS desktop app install and update flow

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items cover adding the Hermes desktop app for macOS and addressing issues with how in-app and terminal-triggered updates interact, particularly around stale installed app states and update-restart loops.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #122313. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122313 (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-122313`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #52339: Terminal update rebuilds Desktop locally but leaves /Applications/Hermes.app stale

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113933: hermes update refreshes a stale /Applications/Hermes.app on macOS (#52339, salvage #59942)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_deps.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_install_after_update.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_desktop_stale_warning.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/updating.md`
- **#122313: fix(desktop): keep the installed macOS Hermes.app current from update and launch**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`, `hermes_cli/source_build.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gui_command.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_zip_completion.py`
- **#52393: fix(desktop): warn when a terminal rebuild leaves the installed app stale**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `032cf8438f`, `#113933`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122313 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`