# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop SSH Python executable probing and version-check fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address incorrect argument ordering during Python version checks and faulty resolution of exec-wrapper/venv launcher shims in desktop SSH mode, causing false capability detection. Multiple entries appear to be duplicates of the same two fixes.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #82741. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #82741 (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-82741`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #74411: Desktop SSH mode: version-check runs 'python --version <script>' (wrong arg order) → always reports 'Python x.y.z' and falsely claims --ssh-session-token-file/--ssh-owner-nonce are unsupported on up-to-date git/source installs; remoteHermesPath override is also ignored for this check

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#82741: fix(desktop-ssh): stop resolving exec-wrappers to python in locateHermes**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.ts`
- **#74425: fix(desktop-ssh): stop resolving exec-wrappers to python in locateHermes (#74411)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#82741`, `#82741`
- **#79289: fix(desktop-ssh): resolve venv launcher shim exec arguments correctly**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#74425`, `#82741`
- **#82670: fix(desktop): pass -m hermes_cli.main --version when probing python executables**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#82680: fix(desktop): pass -m hermes_cli.main --version when probing python executables**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#74411`, `#74411`, `#74425`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #82741 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-09`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`