# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows desktop app packaging and integrity fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #70825: \[Windows\] Desktop app broken: electron-builder produces invalid Hermes.exe (shows Electron help text)
- PR #71523: fix(desktop): reject empty packaged app payloads

These issues and PRs relate to problems with Windows desktop app builds, including invalid packaged payloads and asar integrity configuration in the Electron/electron-builder setup.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #71218. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #71218 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #70825: \[Windows\] Desktop app broken: electron-builder produces invalid Hermes.exe (shows Electron help text)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#71119: fix(update): verify the rebuilt desktop executable before shipping it**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/scripts/before-pack.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/before-pack.test.mjs`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_exe_integrity.py`
- **#71218: fix(update): detect the OS-native machine for the Windows exe integrity gate**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_exe_integrity.py`
- **#70976: fix(desktop): enable asar integrity in Windows build by removing signAndEditExecutable false (#69179)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#69179`, `#71119`, `#71218`, `#70825`
- **#71523: fix(desktop): reject empty packaged app payloads**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `c0711c8a5fc6`, `#69234`, `#69179`, `#70976`, `#71523`, `#70825`, `#71119`, `#71218`, `#374151`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_exe_integrity.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #71218 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-25`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`