# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Localize hardcoded English update dialog text

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where the update dialog's changelog group headers and other headings were hardcoded in English, bypassing the app's internationalization system. The related fixes address localizing these strings to support proper i18n.

## 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 #120424. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120424 (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-120424`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #84126: \[Bug\]: Update dialog changelog headers are hardcoded English, bypassing the app's i18n

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120424: fix(desktop): localize update-dialog headings and fallback copy**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/updates-overlay.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/commit-changelog-localization.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/commit-changelog.ts`
- **#84129: fix(desktop): localize update dialog changelog group headers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120424 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`