# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows CLI update hand-off console return fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the Windows update hand-off process completes successfully but never returns control to the shell. The members cover the bug report and related fix attempts addressing when and how the child process exits.

## 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 #93657. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93657 (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-93657`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #93581: \[Bug\]: Windows: handed-off dependency install finishes (receipt exit 0, "Update complete!") but the console never returns to the shell

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93657: fix(cli): Windows update hand-off returns the console once work is durable (#93581, salvage #93589)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_handoff_exit.py`
- **#93589: fix(cli): hard-exit the Windows update hand-off child once work is durable**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93657`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93657 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.