# NousResearch/hermes-agent · git reset destroying local commits during updates

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #74885: Desktop update loop: \`git reset --hard\` destroys local commits, causing infinite update cycle

These members concern a bug where the desktop update process runs \`git reset --hard\` and destroys local commits when a fast-forward pull fails, potentially causing an infinite update loop. A fix is proposed to preserve local commits in this scenario.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #74885: Desktop update loop: \`git reset --hard\` destroys local commits, causing infinite update cycle

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#74905: fix(update): preserve local commits when pull --ff-only fails**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#74935: fix(update): preserve local commits when pull --ff-only fails (#74885)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`