# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop reinstall loop fix for transient backend stalls

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #74874: \[Bug\]: \[desktop\] Gateway "Could not connect to Hermes gateway" — renderer-led reinstall loop triggered by transient backend GIL stalls

## 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  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - 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]`
- **#74907: Fix/74874 desktop gil repair loop**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#75012`, `#74874`, `#75012`
- **#74944: fix(desktop): prevent destructive reinstall loop on transient WS failure (#74874)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#75012`, `#74874`, `#75012`, `#74618`
- **#75012: fix(desktop): break renderer-led reinstall loop on transient backend stalls**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#75880`, `#74874`

## Fix status

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