# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows desktop update stall and recovery fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a repeatable issue where the Windows desktop update process hangs or stalls during handoff, leaving zombie processes and never relaunching. Related work addresses watchdog behavior and fleet-check false failures tied to this stall.

## 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 #95897. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95897 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #95589: Windows desktop: hermes update hangs after build — never relaunches desktop (repeatable 2/2, zombie process)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95897: fix(update): Windows desktop update stall watchdog + fleet-check false failure**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_fleet_check_fail_closed.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_fleet_probe_resume_token.py`, `tests/test_desktop_update_windows_pipe_drain.py`, `tests/test_desktop_update_windows_python_handoff.py`
- **#95625: fix(update): recover stalled Windows desktop handoffs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `adb29d852`, `#95897`, `#93406`, `#94724`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95897 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-27`.