# NousResearch/hermes-agent · uv install detection and fallback improvements

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address cases where uv is installed but cannot be found, covering non-standard install locations and blocked installer hosts. Fixes add fallback strategies for locating or downloading uv when the default paths or sources are unavailable.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86727. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86727 (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-86727`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #69216: \[Setup\]: uv installed but not found

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86727: fix(install.ps1): surface uv installer errors and add GitHub + existing-uv fallbacks (#69216)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `scripts/install.ps1`, `tests/test_install_ps1_uv_install_fallback.py`
- **#69374: fix(install): fallback search for uv.exe when astral installer uses non-standard location**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#69366`, `#69216`
- **#78116: fix(install): fall back to GitHub when the uv installer host is blocked**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#69216`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86727 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/bootstrap-installer`