# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Dashboard frontend not rebuilt or reloaded after update

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the Hermes dashboard serves a 'Frontend not built' error after an agent update, and related fixes to dynamically recheck frontend asset existence and avoid the dashboard staying in a broken state.

## 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 #95507. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95507 (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-95507`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #82614: \[Bug\]: hermes dashboard --skip-build serves "Frontend not built" after an agent update — no automatic rebuild or restart

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95507: fix(web_server): dashboards no longer stay bricked after a build lands (#82614, salvage #82666)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`
- **#82666: fix(web_server): recheck WEB_DIST existence dynamically in mount_spa**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `20d33e385aae0181371c0c080ec8eff7027a35c9`, `#95507`, `#82614`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95507 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`