Desktop app update check targets wrong component
Cluster 70266 · apps/desktop. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #100866 on 2 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #100866. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
unresolved. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
The 'Check for Updates' feature on the desktop app incorrectly checks the remote backend container instead of the desktop application itself. These issues and fixes address keeping update actions local to the desktop client.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#100866 fix(desktop): Check for Updates updates this app, not the remote backend
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
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1
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#70612 fix(desktop): keep local update actions on client · superseded by another PR →
#100866
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#70266[Bug]: > Hermes Desktop “Check for updates” checks the remote container instead of the Desktop app**
How this cluster was grouped
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Pairwise link density
0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36.1.00means every pair is linked.
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Open the LabAt a glance
- Subsystem
- apps/desktop
- Merged PRs
- #100866
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 2 Sep 2026