{"repo":"NousResearch/hermes-agent","public_id":"83149","display_label":"Windows venv recreation reliability and rollback","summary":"These items address a bug where an unsuccessful venv rename-aside on Windows could leave an installation in a broken, unrecoverable state. The work makes the recreation process transactional and ensures a safe abort when the rename step does not complete.","subsystem":"apps/bootstrap-installer","counts":{"members":4,"open_issues":0,"open_issues_distinct":0,"open_prs":0,"closed_issues":1,"merged_prs":1,"attempt_prs":2},"landed_fix":{"status":"merged_to_main","basis":"structural","pr":86686,"merged_at":"2026-08-15T04:58:10+00:00"},"resolution":{"state":"resolved","by":"pr-86686"},"freshness":{"state":"verified","last_verified_at":"2026-08-15T04:58:10+00:00","is_stale":false},"grouping":{"backbone":"STRUCTURAL_SPANNING","link_density":0.6666666666666666},"fix_edges":[{"issue_number":83149,"pr_number":86686,"tier":"verified","basis":"closing_ref","confidence":0.95,"recoverable_from_timeline":true,"pr_merged_at":"2026-08-15T04:58:10+00:00"}],"members":[{"kind":"issue","number":83149,"title":"Windows: failed venv recreate falls back to a destructive in-place delete, leaving the install gutted with no rollback (and the blocker probe cannot run afterwards)","url":null,"state":"closed"},{"kind":"pr","number":83191,"title":"fix(install): abort Windows venv recreate when rename-aside fails (#83149)","url":null,"state":"closed","close_reason":{"refs":[{"kind":"pr","value":"#86686","number":86686},{"kind":"pr","value":"#83194","number":83194}],"category":"merged_via","implication":"superseded"},"merged":false},{"kind":"pr","number":83194,"title":"fix(installer): make Windows venv recreation transactional (#83149)","url":null,"state":"closed","close_reason":{"refs":[{"kind":"pr","value":"#86686","number":86686},{"kind":"pr","value":"#83191","number":83191}],"category":"merged_via","implication":"superseded"},"merged":false},{"kind":"pr","number":86686,"title":"fix(installer): transactional Windows venv recreation with dependency-stage rollback (#83149)","url":null,"state":"merged","close_reason":{"category":"merged"},"merged":true,"is_fix_pr":true,"fix_tier":"verified","files_changed":["hermes_cli/_scan_venv_blockers.py","scripts/install.ps1","tests/hermes_cli/test_scan_venv_blockers.py","tests/test_install_ps1_venv_recreate_safety.py","tests/test_install_ps1_venv_rename_abort.py","tests/test_install_ps1_venv_transaction_boundary.py","tests/test_install_unmerged_index.py","website/docs/getting-started/updating.md"]}],"trust":{"default_tier":"verified","includes_suggested":false}}