# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop startup slowness and timeout fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple issues and fixes targeting slow or stuck desktop startup, caused by eager imports (especially lark_oapi), expensive status checks, and short readiness timeouts. Work involves lazy-loading, lighter health probes, and increased timeouts.

## TL;DR

- 8 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 3 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #71104. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #71104 (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-71104`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

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- 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

- #60144: \[comp/desktop\] Desktop boot fails when platform adapter import or MCP registration exceeds the 15s readiness timeout
- #68170: Desktop startup waits on expensive rich status snapshot
- #68756: Desktop startup blocked ~11s on /api/status: eager plugin resolution imports lark_oapi (10,055 modules) on the event loop

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#71104: fix(desktop): boot readiness probes a lightweight /api/health**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/backend-health.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-health.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `hermes_cli/dashboard_auth/public_paths.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_auth_middleware.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_auth_status_endpoint.py`
- **#57657: fix(feishu): lazy-import lark_oapi to avoid GIL pressure at startup**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#77514`, `#68849`
- **#60160: fix(desktop): use lightweight backend health for readiness**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#71104`
- **#68185: fix(desktop): avoid rich status during local startup**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `476f009ff655501cc7606e9eaadeaac02a39fc1c`, `760112adb6458417da8614d2269e5325f0739ed5`, `#71104`, `#71205`
- **#68849: fix(feishu): lazy-import lark_oapi to unblock desktop startup (#68756)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#68756`, `#57657`, `#68756`, `#57657`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #71104 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-25`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`