# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS CLI update variable and dyld fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a NameError caused by an out-of-scope variable in the macOS update command, plus a separate dyld failure introduced by a macOS interpreter anchor change. Both are macOS-specific CLI runtime bugs.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #95563. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95563 (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-95353`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #95309: bug(cli): hermes update crashes on macOS — NameError 'has_desktop_app' at end of successful update (update_cmd.py:7021)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95353: fix: update on macos referenced nonexisting variable**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`
- **#95563: Revert the macOS interpreter anchor — hermes commands no longer die in dyld (#95425, #95541)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor.py`, `hermes_cli/macos_tcc_anchor.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_macos_tcc_anchor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_tcc_anchor_revert.py`
- **#95330: fix(cli): reference in-scope desktop-presence flag in macOS update TCC notice (#95309)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#95340: fix(update): gate macOS TCC notice on in-scope variable**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `34c5fcb2a2`, `#95563`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95563 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.