# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Update checker hang, fetch leak, and polling fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address bugs where update checks could hang indefinitely due to stalled fetches, accumulate large numbers of leftover temporary pack files, and poll too frequently; fixes include better error naming, fetch timeout handling, and switching to daily GitHub API polling.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #108053. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #108053 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #93732: \[Bug\]: update check can hang permanently after repeated fetch timeouts corrupt .git — aborted fetches leave hundreds of tmp_pack files (6 GB) that nothing cleans up

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107648: fix: update checks poll the GitHub API once a day instead of git-fetching every 30 min**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-api-check.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-api-check.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-count.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/update-count.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/about-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/updates-overlay.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.ts`, `hermes_cli/banner.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/actions.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_banner_git_state.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_passive_update_opt_out.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_behind_count_recovery.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_check.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/web-dashboard.md`
- **#108053: fix: update errors name the real cause; hermes update can't hang on a stalled fetch; shallow grafts pruned**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/about-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/updates-overlay.tsx`, `hermes_cli/gitlock.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_shallow_graft_prune.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_fetch_timeout.py`
- **#93759: fix(updater): stop update checks hanging and leaking fetch packs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `9ce7547faf`, `#108053`, `#107648`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #108053 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-11`.