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Desktop reinstall loop fix for transient backend stalls

Cluster 74874. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #75880. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #75880. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These issues and pull requests address a bug where transient backend or WebSocket failures trigger a destructive renderer-led reinstall loop on desktop, with specific attention to macOS. The work focuses on bounding or preventing the loop rather than allowing it to run destructively.

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  • #75880 fix(desktop): unbrick macOS updates and bound the reinstall repair loop

    merged to main

    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]

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 2 · merged via another change 1

  • #74907 Fix/74874 desktop gil repair loop · superseded by another PR → #75012, #74874
  • #74944 fix(desktop): prevent destructive reinstall loop on transient WS failure (#74874) · superseded by another PR → #75012, #74874, #74618
  • #75012 fix(desktop): break renderer-led reinstall loop on transient backend stalls · merged via another change → #75880, #74874
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#74874[Bug]: [desktop] Gateway "Could not connect to Hermes gateway" — renderer-led reinstall loop triggered by transient backend GIL stalls
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  • Pairwise link density 0.40: the share of item 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.

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3 PRs closed without merging
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1 Aug 2026

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