# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop packaging and update dependency loss bugs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern two related problems: the 'hermes update' command silently pruning root-level npm dependencies (notably agent-browser), and the packaged Electron desktop app failing to bundle required modules (notably simple-git), causing launch crashes.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 4 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.25`: 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

- #52735: \[Bug\]: Desktop app crashes on launch — Cannot find module 'simple-git' (git-review IPC dep not bundled)
- #52753: \[Bug\]: Windows desktop app crashes after update — Cannot find module 'simple-git'
- #52764: hermes update produces broken Desktop asar when git pull adds npm deps to Electron main process
- #53069: \[Bug\]: Error: Cannot find module 'simple-git'

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#52736: fix(desktop): bundle simple-git so git-review IPC loads in packaged builds**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#52776: fix(desktop): stage JS deps into node_modules before electron-builder packaging**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `df514654b`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#53102: fix(desktop): lazy-require simple-git so module loads when dep is missing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#53069`

## Fix status

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