# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop update handling for network-bound serve and external venv blockers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members appear related around in-app or CLI updates for Hermes Desktop when a network-bound \`hermes serve\` backend or an external venv is involved. One issue reports a Windows case lacking actionable recovery, while the pull requests propose keeping serve backends on their recorded endpoints across updates and surfacing external venv update blockers; two share the same title, one noted as a salvage of another.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #95576. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95576 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-95576`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #63206: \[Windows\] Network-bound hermes serve used by remote Desktop blocks in-app update without actionable recovery

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73569: fix(desktop): surface external venv update blockers (salvage #63318)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/venv-blocker-scan.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/venv-blocker-scan.ts`, `hermes_cli/_scan_venv_blockers.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_scan_venv_blockers.py`
- **#95576: feat(update): network-bound serve backends survive hermes update on their recorded endpoints (#63206)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/process_identity.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/update_inventory.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_lifecycle_flags.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_serve_runtime_inventory.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/updating.md`
- **#63318: fix(desktop): surface external venv update blockers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `03af12c5c9`, `#73569`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95576 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`