# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix Windows desktop updates blocked by gateway process

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a problem where the desktop update process on Windows fails when a gateway is running, because a preflight check aborts instead of pausing the gateway. The fix changes the behavior to pause gateway processes during updates rather than aborting.

## 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 #75881. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #75881 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-75881`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #74326: Windows: desktop Update button can never succeed on gateway-enabled installs (venv-blocker preflight aborts on the always-running gateway)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#75881: fix(update): let Windows desktop updates pause gateway processes instead of aborting**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/_scan_venv_blockers.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_scan_venv_blockers.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_concurrent_quarantine.py`
- **#74618: fix(update): unbrick desktop updates on gateway-enabled Windows installs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#75881`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #75881 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-01`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`