# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows update pipeline race conditions and deadlocks

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address race conditions, marker deadlocks, orphaned helper processes, and missing auto-relaunch behavior in the Windows desktop update pipeline. Multiple related failure modes during first-attempt and retry update flows are covered.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 4 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #92013. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #92013 (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-95313`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.29`: 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

- #74805: \[Bug\] Windows: footbar-triggered update races process table on first attempt, no auto-relaunch after retry

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#92013: fix(update): ZIP fallback no longer destroys user work or the desktop build (#87331, #91962, #87304, #70337 — salvage #87878 + #70477)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cmd_update.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_zip_fallback_guards.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_zip_release_preserve.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_zip_symlink_reject.py`
- **#95069: fix(bootstrap): stale checkouts can no longer deadlock the in-app updater against its own marker (#75788, salvage #78037)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/src/update.rs`
- **#95313: fix(desktop): first Windows update attempt no longer fails on the app's own dying backends (#74805, salvage #78037)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/backend-release-gate.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-release-gate.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-release-gate.windows-live.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`
- **#95949: fix(mcp): stdio helper children join the spawn ledger — orphans get reaped (#61514, completes #78037)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/process_identity.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_helper_ledger.py`, `tools/mcp_tool.py`
- **#74956: fix(desktop): Windows update race — retry scanVenvBlockers, skip startHermes on remnants, clean stale marker (#74805)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `b04f8578eb686cb7db03d43d92d77a21bb7d6877`, `#74805`, `#95313`, `#74761`
- **#78037: fix: Windows update pipeline — first-attempt race, marker deadlock, orphaned venv helpers, ZIP-fallback binary loss**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `b04f8578eb68`, `e1e72f109c95`, `#91277`, `#74805`, `#95313`, `#75788`, `#95069`, `#61514`, `#95949`, `#92013`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #92013 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-27`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`