# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop build issues with electron-builder and env vars

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to problems caused by environment variables (CI=1 and GitHub tokens) triggering unintended electron-builder publish behavior and launch failures on Linux. Fixes address disabling implicit publishing and preventing token-related launch issues.

## 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 #87849. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #87849 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #87824: Desktop build fails: CLI forces CI=1, electron-builder then attempts implicit publishing and aborts

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#87849: fix(desktop): hermes desktop fails to launch on Linux when a GitHub token is in the environment**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/package.json`, `apps/desktop/scripts/local-pack-publish.test.mjs`
- **#87912: fix(desktop): disable electron-builder implicit publish for pack**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a01d2ee21a97971a011a7f753f285aac919c3040`, `#87849`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #87849 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-16`.