# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows SSH Python runtime path issues on desktop

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #91479: \[Bug\]: Desktop SSH: OS probe fails on Windows remotes — assumes python.exe next to hermes.exe
- PR #91540: fix(desktop): pair Windows SSH runtime executables

These items address a bug where the desktop SSH feature incorrectly assumes the Python executable is located next to hermes.exe on Windows remotes, along with fixes to resolve the runtime path and pair Windows SSH runtime executables correctly.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #91479: \[Bug\]: Desktop SSH: OS probe fails on Windows remotes — assumes python.exe next to hermes.exe

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#91540: fix(desktop): pair Windows SSH runtime executables**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `bac34e9e99`, `#143898`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/windows-remote-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/windows-remote-lifecycle.ts`
- **#91597: fix(desktop): resolve Windows SSH Python runtime path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

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