# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows desktop update PowerShell windows and update race condition

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern PowerShell windows appearing during the Windows desktop update flow and a related race condition around an update-in-flight state. One looks like an issue report and the other two are pull requests that propose changes for the same two topics; their outcomes are not stated in the titles.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #61898: Windows: Multiple PowerShell windows appear during update + race condition in update flow

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#61899: fix(desktop): hide PowerShell windows during Windows update and fix update race condition**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
- **#62688: fix(desktop): hide updater PowerShell window + close updateInFlight race**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#71783`

## Fix status

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