# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Non-Hermes processes blocking update preflight

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a scenario where non-Hermes processes (such as a Python HTTP server) inside the install directory incorrectly block updates and trigger misleading guidance. The work involves identifying foreign blockers and exempting them from update preflight checks.

## 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 #79018. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #79018 (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-79018`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #77422: Update aborted by a non-Hermes python -m http.server process inside the install dir; dialog gives misleading 'Close other Hermes windows' advice

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#79018: fix(desktop): identify foreign update blockers and close safe previews**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/venv-blocker-scan.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/venv-blocker-scan.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/updates-overlay.blockers.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/updates-overlay.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.ts`, `hermes_cli/_scan_venv_blockers.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_scan_venv_blockers.py`
- **#77864: fix(update): exempt non-Hermes venv module holders from update preflight (#77422)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `18b442cdeb`, `7af27c65ab`, `#77422`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #79018 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-16`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`