Windows in-app update blocked by locked Node files
Cluster 80926 · apps/desktop. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #86663 on 15 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86663. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #86663. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
A permission error occurs on Windows when an in-app update attempts to overwrite Node files that are locked by the running process. A fix was proposed to avoid rewriting the in-use managed Node tree.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#86663 fix(win): never rewrite the in-use managed Node tree (#80926)
files:
hermes_cli/npm_engine.py,hermes_constants.py,scripts/install.ps1,tests/hermes_cli/test_npm_engine.py,tests/test_hermes_constants.py,tests/test_install_ps1_managed_node_swap.py
2 PRs closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · partial fix 1
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#80926[Windows/Desktop] In-app update fails with WinError 5 (Permission Denied) due to Hermes-managed Node locking
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- Subsystem
- apps/desktop
- Merged PRs
- #86663
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 2 PRs closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 15 Aug 2026