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NousResearch/hermes-agent

Desktop self-update state.db backup and file-lock fixes

Cluster 91229 · apps/desktop. Data as of

3 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

The short answer

1open issue
2open PRs
3items grouped
Known?
Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 0 issues already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. see the attempts below.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this unresolved. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
1 issue and 2 PRs.

These items address issues with reclaiming state.db backups during update errors and a Windows-specific problem where self-update encounters errors because a running executable cannot be replaced while locked (os error 32), requiring a staged update or self-shutdown before replacement.

Open issues1

  • Issue#91229Windows: desktop self-update frequently fails — running hermes.exe locked (os error 32); needs staged update or self-shutdown before replace

Open PRs2

  • PR#91298fix(desktop): reclaim pre-update state.db backups even when the backup fails
  • PR#127276fix(update): reclaim emergency state.db backups even when the snapshot fails (#91229)
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item 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.

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