# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop curator and skill sync not auto-ticking

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where desktop-only backend installations never automatically trigger the curator tick or skill synchronization maintenance tasks. These members address identifying and fixing the missing call site for curator and skill sync on the desktop backend.

## 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 #104935. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104935 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #95441: \[Bug\]: Desktop-only installs never auto-tick curator (maybe_run_curator has no Desktop call site)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104935: fix: Desktop-only backends run due idle skill maintenance**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_server_sessions.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_serve_skill_maintenance.py`, `tui_gateway/session_lifecycle.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/curator.md`
- **#95453: fix(desktop): tick curator + skill sync on desktop backend**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `44a583fcc861d39e0dac78c4a71621da7d3ff9e1`, `#104935`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104935 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.