# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Linux desktop entry Exec path bug and fixes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #80563: fix(linux-desktop): correct Exec path and stop rewriting entry each launch
- PR #87416: fix(cli): persist a cold-launch-safe desktop Exec

A bug where the auto-generated hermes.desktop file contains an incorrect Exec path, causing issues like broken KDE taskbar pinning, along with related fixes to resolve the path independently of argv\[0\] and avoid rewriting the entry on each launch.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #99492. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99492 (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-99492`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #80439: bug(desktop): auto-generated hermes.desktop uses wrong Exec path, breaking KDE taskbar pinning

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#90492: fix(cli): Linux hermes.desktop entry launches instead of silently dying on system python (#90292)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/linux_desktop_entry.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_linux_desktop_entry.py`
- **#99492: fix(cli): launch-context-independent Linux desktop-entry Exec (salvage #94874 + #87937)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/scripts/run-electron-builder.mjs`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/gui_uninstall.py`, `hermes_cli/linux_desktop_entry.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_linux_desktop_entry.py`
- **#80547: fix(cli): resolve the desktop-entry Exec independently of argv\[0\]**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#90492`
- **#80563: fix(linux-desktop): correct Exec path and stop rewriting entry each launch**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#80547`
  - files: `hermes_cli/linux_desktop_entry.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_linux_desktop_entry.py`
- **#87416: fix(cli): persist a cold-launch-safe desktop Exec**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/linux_desktop_entry.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_linux_desktop_entry.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99492 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`