# NousResearch/hermes-agent · ZIP update fallback deletes Desktop build outputs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the ZIP-based update fallback deletes packaged Desktop app and web_dist files, causing the installer to lose track of the Desktop installation. The cluster covers the bug report and related fix attempts addressing output preservation and self-healing of missing Desktop builds.

## 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 #115678. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115678 (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-115678`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #90495: hermes update: ZIP fallback deletes the packaged Desktop app and web_dist, and the install then forgets Desktop was installed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115678: fix(update): ZIP fallback keeps Desktop/web build outputs and a lost Desktop app is rebuilt again (#90495, salvage #104298/#92622)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/AGENTS.md`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_deps.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_zip.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_desktop_stale_warning.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_zip_fallback_guards.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_zip_release_preserve.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#109255: fix(cli): preserve build outputs during ZIP updates and self-heal missing Desktop builds**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `b194646765`, `#115678`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115678 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`