# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows installer failures on corp-managed PowerShell

## Open now

- 2 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #60129: \[Windows\] install.ps1 baseline-import check fails with 'StandardErrorEncoding is only supported when standard error is redirected' on corp-managed PowerShell
- #60132: \[Windows\] install.ps1 uv stage fails with 'Access is denied' on \`& $managedUv --version\` — corp-managed PowerShell stdout encoding restriction
- PR #60143: Fix Windows installer false-negative on corp-managed PowerShell (StandardErrorEncoding)
- PR #60164: fix(install): capture Windows version probes safely

These issues and fixes address install.ps1 failures on corporate-managed Windows environments where PowerShell restricts StandardErrorEncoding and stdout encoding during version probes and uv execution. The work focuses on safely capturing output from Windows version checks to avoid false negatives and access errors.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.39`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #60129: \[Windows\] install.ps1 baseline-import check fails with 'StandardErrorEncoding is only supported when standard error is redirected' on corp-managed PowerShell
- #60132: \[Windows\] install.ps1 uv stage fails with 'Access is denied' on \`& $managedUv --version\` — corp-managed PowerShell stdout encoding restriction

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#60143: Fix Windows installer false-negative on corp-managed PowerShell (StandardErrorEncoding)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `scripts/install.ps1`, `tests/test_install_ps1_encoding_safe_python_probe.py`, `tests/test_install_ps1_web_server_syntax_probe.py`
- **#60164: fix(install): capture Windows version probes safely**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a89989cef`
  - files: `scripts/install.ps1`, `tests/test_install_ps1_native_version_capture.py`

## Fix status

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