# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Retry transient failures in install script downloads

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #88475: fix(bootstrap-installer): retry transient failures when downloading install script; a single GitHub 503 aborts beta-to-stable install
- PR #128553: fix(install): retry transient install-script download failures in both bootstrap downloaders

These items address handling of transient network or server errors (such as GitHub 503s) when downloading install scripts, by adding retry logic to avoid aborted installations.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #88475: fix(bootstrap-installer): retry transient failures when downloading install script; a single GitHub 503 aborts beta-to-stable install

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#88490: fix(installer): retry transient failures when downloading install scripts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#88491: fix(install): retry transient GitHub raw failures for install.sh**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#128553: fix(install): retry transient install-script download failures in both bootstrap downloaders**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#121615`
  - files: `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/src/install_script.rs`, `apps/desktop/electron/bootstrap-runner.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/bootstrap-runner.ts`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/bootstrap-installer`