# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS updater broken by stale hermes-setup binary

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where a stale or mismatched hermes-setup binary on macOS causes the in-app updater to break permanently. Fixes involve skipping or gating the binary resolution path and bounding any repair/reinstall loops.

## 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 #75880. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #75880 (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-75880`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #74836: \[Bug\]: macOS in-app update permanently broken by a stale leftover ~/.hermes/hermes-setup — resolveUpdaterBinary() has no version gate and nothing refreshes the binary

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#75880: fix(desktop): unbrick macOS updates and bound the reinstall repair loop**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/bootstrap-repair-guard.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/bootstrap-repair-guard.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#74909: fix(desktop): skip hermes-setup binary on macOS/Linux updater path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `d649973751`, `0ee9723b52`, `#75880`, `#1`, `#74836`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #75880 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-01`.