Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #90937 on 20 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #90937. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #90937. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These items concern a bug where Windows Desktop updates stall indefinitely on 'Updating Hermes' due to a pipe drain in the update hand-off process never receiving EOF. The members cover the problem report and related fix attempts.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#90937 fix(update): Windows Desktop updates finish instead of parking on "Updating Hermes"
files:
scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1,tests/test_desktop_update_windows_pipe_drain.py,tests/test_desktop_update_windows_python_handoff.py
2 PRs closed without merging
From the close comments: closed without comment 1 · superseded by another PR 1
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#90455Windows: Desktop update hand-off hangs forever when gateway stays resident (windows.ps1 waits on ReadToEndAsync that never sees EOF)
How this cluster was grouped
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Link evidence (
structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference. -
Pairwise link density
0.50: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36.1.00means every pair is linked.
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Open the LabAt a glance
- Merged PRs
- #90937
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 2 PRs closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 20 Aug 2026