# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop app missing win32 binding and stale build warnings

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes relate to a missing get-windows win32 binding in the Desktop app and the absence of warnings when the Desktop app has not been rebuilt. The work addresses silent failures where the app continues running on an outdated build.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #88233. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #88233 (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-88233`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #88251: \[Bug\]: Windows: get-windows win32 binding is never staged, so the desktop app silently stays on an old build

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#88233: fix(desktop): recover missing get-windows binding**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/scripts/stage-native-deps.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/stage-native-deps.test.mjs`
- **#89838: fix(update): don't report success when the Desktop rebuild failed (supersedes #88359, #87984)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_desktop_stale_warning.py`
- **#88359: fix(update): warn when the Desktop app was not rebuilt**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#89838`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #88233 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-19`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`