# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows venv lock and gateway update handling

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #57852: fix(update): ignore Windows system venv holder noise
- PR #75380: fix(desktop): allow updater handoff for gateway-only venv locks

These issues and fixes address how the Windows desktop updater handles venv locks held by gateway processes, shifting behavior from aborting updates to pausing, allowing handoff, or selectively terminating gateway processes. The work is scoped to Windows-specific update and install flows.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #75881. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #75881 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #75334: Bug: Desktop self-update always aborts when a non-Desktop-owned gateway process holds the venv lock (Windows)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#75881: fix(update): let Windows desktop updates pause gateway processes instead of aborting**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/_scan_venv_blockers.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_scan_venv_blockers.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_concurrent_quarantine.py`
- **#46726: fix(install): kill venv-resident gateway before recreating venv on Windows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#52044`
- **#57852: fix(update): ignore Windows system venv holder noise**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `1f89f3102f`, `50ea329ab4`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_venv_health.py`
- **#75380: fix(desktop): allow updater handoff for gateway-only venv locks**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-lock-handoff.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-lock-handoff.ts`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #75881 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-01`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`