# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop remote mode update targeting fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to update actions on the desktop client incorrectly targeting the backend instead of the client itself in remote mode, and an associated update loop issue.

## 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 #100866. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #100866 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #70056: Hermes desktop remote update loop issue

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100866: fix(desktop): Check for Updates updates this app, not the remote backend**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/about-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.ts`
- **#70612: fix(desktop): keep local update actions on client**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100866`
- **#74335: fix(desktop): About panel 'Update now' targets client, not backend, in remote mode**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100866`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #100866 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`