# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stale update marker self-heal after crash

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where a stale update marker left by a transient crash causes the updater to hang, and related fixes to add self-healing logic for that marker across multiple language runtimes (Rust, Python, Electron).

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #127238. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #127238 (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-127238`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #77259: \[Bug\]: Tauri updater wedges for ~20 min after a transient crash — stale marker never self-heals (Python side does)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127238: fix(marker): zombie-aware stale-marker self-heal across Rust, Python, and Electron readers**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/src/update.rs`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-marker.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-marker.ts`, `hermes_cli/_early_recovery.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_early_recovery.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_lock.py`
- **#77885: fix(installer): self-heal stale update marker after crash (#77259)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #127238 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-30`.
- Subsystem: `apps/bootstrap-installer`