# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows pending rename operations corrupting hermes launcher

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a Windows-specific bug where update and boot-recovery processes leave orphaned PendingFileRenameOperations entries that can rename or displace the healthy hermes launcher on subsequent reboots.

## 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 #90192. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #90192 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #85839: Windows: failed boot-recovery quarantines accumulate MoveFileEx pending renames — next reboot renames the healthy hermes.exe away

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#90192: fix(update): stop Windows updates from locking their own launcher**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/slash_commands.py`, `hermes_cli/_install_repair.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/update.py`, `hermes_constants.py`, `scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_concurrent_quarantine.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_shim_self_lock.py`
- **#85942: fix(update): clean orphaned hermes shim entries from PendingFileRenameOperations**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a9eb99d172`, `#90192`, `#85839`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #90192 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-19`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`