# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows update stash hang and reserved-path fixes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #57134: fix(cli): add timeout to git stash during update
- PR #57212: fix(windows): detect reserved paths before update autostash

These issues and fixes address update failures on Windows caused by reserved device-name files and git stash operations hanging or breaking during the update process. Changes include detecting reserved paths, removing problematic files before stashing, and adding a timeout to git stash.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #57081: \[Bug\]: stuck on update for 7 hours, windows

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#57134: fix(cli): add timeout to git stash during update**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#57081`, `#57212`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_autostash.py`
- **#57212: fix(windows): detect reserved paths before update autostash**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#71841`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_autostash.py`
- **#71841: fix(update): remove Windows reserved-device-name files before stashing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0c122a2a36ca`, `#57081`, `#57134`, `#57212`, `#71841`, `#374151`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`