# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows Desktop build failures from missing get-windows

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address Desktop build failures on Windows caused by a missing or partially installed get-windows dependency, including making the rebuild process more resilient and transactional.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #115673. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115673 (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-115673`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #90829: Bug: Daily Desktop update fails — "desktop app was not rebuilt, still on previous build" (win32-x64 fail-closed get-windows gate + corrupted node_modules)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115673: fix(desktop): Windows Desktop rebuild no longer dies on a missing or half-installed get-windows (#90829, salvage #109251)**. 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`, `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_half_installed_get_windows.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#91079: fix(desktop): make Windows package rebuild transactional and self-healing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `c368c0eb3e102d55e0e344b8856321a071e178e7`, `2fb1e62b2ee0723486893ed30d5b481f5ad0b5b6`, `#44234`, `#91063`, `#90829`, `#88683`, `#91079`, `#44225`
- **#109251: fix(desktop): do not fail build if get-windows is missing on any platform**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `56223fe729`, `#115673`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115673 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`