# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Unix installer uv sync config and lock fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address problems with the Unix installer incorrectly handling project config during locked uv sync, including UV_NO_CONFIG interactions and hash-verified dependency behavior. A Node.js version compatibility issue during npm installation is also addressed.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #97396. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #97396 (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-97396`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #82446: \[Bug\]: Unix installer rejects valid uv.lock with UV_NO_CONFIG=1 and falls back to PyPI

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97384: fix(install): fresh installs keep hash-verified deps and Node 24.0-24.10 no longer dies at npm (salvage #95075)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/package.json`, `package.json`, `scripts/install.ps1`, `scripts/install.sh`, `tests-js/node-engine-alignment.test.ts`, `tests/test_engines_satisfiable.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/installation.md`
- **#97396: fix(install): locked uv sync sees project config in BOTH Unix installers without re-exposing ambient config (salvage #82450)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `scripts/install.sh`, `setup-hermes.sh`, `tests/test_install_sh_uv_lock_config.py`
- **#82450: fix(install): preserve project config for locked uv sync (#82446)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `6da0ae1cf5`, `#97396`, `#97384`, `#21269`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #97396 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-28`.
- Subsystem: `apps/bootstrap-installer`