# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop SSH backend stale 503 error handling fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where post-update code-skew 503 errors on the Models page displayed raw JSON and showed incorrect systemd restart advice for Desktop SSH backends. The fix addresses unwrapping the error response and recycling stale SSH backends after such errors.

## 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 #97067. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #97067 (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-97067`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #97046: \[Bug\]: Desktop (SSH remote backend): post-update code-skew 503 on Models page shows raw JSON + wrong (systemd) restart advice; Desktop-owned SSH backends stay stale

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97067: fix(desktop): recycle stale SSH backend after post-update Models-page 503 (#97046)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/backend-recycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-recycle.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-settings.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/code-skew-error.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/code-skew-error.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/notifications.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/notifications.ts`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/test_code_skew.py`
- **#97062: fix(desktop): unwrap code-skew 503 on Models page and make restart advice deployment-aware**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#97067`, `#97046`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #97067 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-01`.