# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Linux desktop entry venv interpreter path handling

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #94051: fix: keep venv interpreter path in desktop entry Exec
- PR #95190: fix(desktop): keep venv interpreter unresolved in .desktop Exec

These issues and PRs concern a bug where the Linux .desktop file Exec field resolves the virtual environment interpreter symlink to the bare system interpreter, and proposed fixes to preserve the unresolved venv path instead.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #99492. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99492 (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-99492`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #94058: Linux desktop entry Exec resolves venv symlink to bare interpreter, breaking launcher launch after upgrade

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99492: fix(cli): launch-context-independent Linux desktop-entry Exec (salvage #94874 + #87937)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/scripts/run-electron-builder.mjs`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/gui_uninstall.py`, `hermes_cli/linux_desktop_entry.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_linux_desktop_entry.py`
- **#94051: fix: keep venv interpreter path in desktop entry Exec**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/linux_desktop_entry.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_linux_desktop_entry.py`
- **#95190: fix(desktop): keep venv interpreter unresolved in .desktop Exec**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#92122`
  - files: `hermes_cli/linux_desktop_entry.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_linux_desktop_entry.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99492 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`