# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows boot failures from slow start-marker probes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address intermittent Windows Desktop boot failures caused by PowerShell-based process start-marker probes exceeding a hard timeout, including a cached rejection that prevents retries. Fixes involve removing or reworking the PowerShell parent marker boot gate.

## 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 #87540. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #87540 (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-87540`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #87169: Windows Desktop boot intermittently fails: processStartMarker powershell.exe exceeds hard 3000ms timeout before backend spawn; retry can never succeed (cached rejection)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#87540: fix(desktop): stop Windows boot failures from slow start-marker probes**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/parent-process-identity.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/parent-process-identity.ts`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_serve_parent_watchdog.py`
- **#87180: fix(desktop): remove PowerShell parent marker boot gate**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#87540`, `#87169`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #87540 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-16`.