Windows update pipeline deadlocks and orphan process fixes

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 75788 · apps/bootstrap-installer

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Fix event: A fix was merged to main in PR #92013. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker: The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #95069. That is separate from the fix event.
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These items address several related Windows update reliability issues: deadlocks caused by stale checkouts or marker files, race conditions on first update attempts, orphaned helper processes not being reaped, and ZIP fallback behavior that could destroy build artifacts or user work.

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#92013 fix(update): ZIP fallback no longer destroys user work or the desktop build (#87331, #91962, #87304, #70337 — salvage #87878 + #70477)

merged to main

files: hermes_cli/update_cmd.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_cmd_update.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_zip_fallback_guards.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_zip_release_preserve.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_zip_symlink_reject.py
#95069 fix(bootstrap): stale checkouts can no longer deadlock the in-app updater against its own marker (#75788, salvage #78037)

merged to main

files: apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/src/update.rs
#95313 fix(desktop): first Windows update attempt no longer fails on the app's own dying backends (#74805, salvage #78037)

merged to main

files: apps/desktop/electron/backend-release-gate.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/backend-release-gate.ts, apps/desktop/electron/backend-release-gate.windows-live.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/main.ts
#95949 fix(mcp): stdio helper children join the spawn ledger — orphans get reaped (#61514, completes #78037)

merged to main

files: hermes_cli/process_identity.py, hermes_cli/web_server.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_helper_ledger.py, tools/mcp_tool.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

#78037 fix: Windows update pipeline — first-attempt race, marker deadlock, orphaned venv helpers, ZIP-fallback binary loss · done elsewhere → b04f857, e1e72f1, #91277, #74805, #95313, #75788, #95069, #61514, #95949, #92013

Closed issues · 1

Closed#75788Windows installer Hermes-Setup.exe built from stale commit: missing HERMES_UPDATE_HANDOFF_PID fix (8c76fe19f), in-app update deadlocks

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Subsystem: apps/bootstrap-installer
Merged PRs: #92013, #95069, #95313, #95949
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 27 Aug 2026

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