# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop passive update check fixes and polling behavior

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs in the desktop client's passive update check, including failure to recognize HTTPS origins and a change to how frequently update checks poll the GitHub API versus performing git fetches.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #107648. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #107648 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #69906: \[desktop\] Passive update check fails for HTTPS-origin clones — missing isOfficialRemote

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107648: fix: update checks poll the GitHub API once a day instead of git-fetching every 30 min**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-api-check.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-api-check.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-count.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-count.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/about-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/updates-overlay.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.ts`, `hermes_cli/banner.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/actions.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_banner_git_state.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_passive_update_opt_out.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_behind_count_recovery.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_check.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/web-dashboard.md`
- **#70582: fix(desktop): recognize HTTPS origins in passive update checks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `6dfcf15685`, `#107648`, `#69081`, `#69906`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #107648 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-11`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`