# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows self-lock deferral drops remaining update stages

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #86995: \[Bug\]: Windows self-lock deferral still drops remaining update stages and leaves pre-fix checkouts stuck

These items address a bug where Windows update processes fail to resume remaining stages after a self-lock deferral, leaving checkouts in a stuck state. Multiple fixes target the same underlying issue across related components.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 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 #99525. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99525 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #86995: \[Bug\]: Windows self-lock deferral still drops remaining update stages and leaves pre-fix checkouts stuck

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99525: fix(update): resume Windows Desktop updates after self-lock deferral**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `scripts/desktop-update/retry-policy.ps1`, `scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1`, `tests/test_desktop_update_windows_retry_policy.py`
- **#87002: fix(hermes_cli): resume full update after Windows self-lock deferral**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#99525`, `#86735`, `#86780`, `#86781`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99525 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`