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Fix venv scan timeout on busy Windows hosts

Cluster 75460 · apps/desktop. Data as of 2026-10-29 11:48 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #99674 on 31 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a hardcoded scan timeout that is too short for busy Windows machines, causing the desktop update preflight venv scan to fail. The fix prevents the timeout from prematurely killing the scan and surfacing a misleading generic error.

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#99674 fix(desktop): prevent venv scan timeout on busy Windows hosts (salvage #75570)

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files: apps/desktop/electron/main.ts, apps/desktop/electron/venv-blocker-scan.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/venv-blocker-scan.ts, hermes_cli/update_cmd.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_venv_health.py

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#75570 fix(desktop): prevent venv scan timeout on busy Windows hosts · merged via another change → #99674

Closed issues · 1

Closed#75460Windows: Desktop update button always aborts on busy machines. Venv-blocker preflight scan needs >15 s but SCAN_TIMEOUT_MS kills it at 15 s, and the timeout surfaces as a generic probe failure

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Subsystem: apps/desktop
Merged PRs: #99674
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 31 Aug 2026

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