# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop app update check targets wrong component

## Open now

- 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.

## 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 #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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #70266: \[Bug\]: > Hermes Desktop “Check for updates” checks the remote container instead of the Desktop app**

## 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  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100866`

## 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`