# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Git fetch timeout and Windows update fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a missing timeout on runGit() that allows a stalled git fetch to hang the update UI indefinitely, alongside Windows-specific update and autostart fixes. The work spans a bug report, a proposed fix, and related update-flow corrections.

## 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 #121997. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121997 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #95788: fix(desktop): runGit() has no timeout — a blackholed git fetch hangs the update UI on 'Looking for updates…' forever (#39096's fix never merged)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121997: fix(updates/win): cua-driver opt-in autostart, Intel-Mac installer docs, click-session poll**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/README.md`, `apps/desktop/scripts/click-session-helpers.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/click-session-helpers.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/click-session.mjs`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/tools_config_cua.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_install_cua_driver.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/platform-support.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/computer-use.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/features/computer-use.md`
- **#95818: fix(desktop): bound runGit with a hard timeout so a stalled fetch can't hang the update UI**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#121997`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121997 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.