# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows npm path lookup errors during hermes update

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Members report FileNotFoundError (WinError 2) on Windows when running hermes update, with npm.cmd apparently not being found. Two pull requests propose looking up the npm path in the update and post-setup flows; the fourth member is a bug report showing the same error message, with limited detail in its title.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.39`: 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

- #7252: \[Bug\]: FileNotFoundError: \[WinError 2\] 系统找不到指定的文件。
- #60742: \[Bug\]: FileNotFoundError: \[WinError 2\] when running hermes update on Windows (npm.cmd not resolved)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#7804: fix(cli): resolve npm path for Windows compatibility in post-setup hooks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#60756: fix(update): resolve npm before deterministic install**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `7502d38bf9ce6eeb86a17a0906a4fadf439c39d4`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`