# NousResearch/hermes-agent · electron-winstaller Linux crash in desktop builds

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the electron-winstaller package's install script causes npm ci to crash on Linux during desktop builds. The fixes involve skipping or working around that install script and ensuring electron flags are applied correctly.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #82960: \[Bug\]: \`hermes desktop\` fails on Linux — electron-winstaller install script crashes npm ci

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#87957: fix(desktop): skip electron-winstaller install script on Linux**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#128754: fix(desktop): survive electron-winstaller's npm ci crash on Linux; apply electron_flags to --source**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`