# NousResearch/hermes-agent · SSH backend venv replacement detection fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where Desktop reattaches to an SSH backend whose remote virtual environment has been replaced, along with related fix attempts addressing this reconnection behavior.

## 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 #95523. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95523 (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-95523`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #82429: \[Bug\]: Desktop reattaches to an SSH backend whose remote venv was replaced

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95523: fix(desktop): reconnect no longer adopts an SSH backend whose venv was replaced (#82429, salvage #82644)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.ts`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_ssh_ownership_endpoint.py`
- **#82644: fix(desktop): reject SSH backends with replaced runtimes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `cddb908aab2542eec9b4480a3738e9ea0ae3a8f5`, `#95523`, `#82429`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95523 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`