# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows updater hand-off skips desktop rebuild

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and patches concern a bug where the Windows hand-off update path fails to rebuild the desktop after a Hermes update, leaving it stale. Multiple fix attempts and a salvage PR address the same underlying problem.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #100440. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #100440 (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-100440`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #97343: \[Bug\]: Windows shim hand-off skips desktop rebuild after hermes update

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100440: fix(updater): rebuild desktop on Windows hand-off repair path (#100044 salvage)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_config_migration_on_current_checkout.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_current_node_repair.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_handoff_desktop_rebuild.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_sqlite_remediation.py`
- **#97380: fix(updater): stop Windows hand-off updates leaving Desktop stale**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `44359e9669e`
- **#100044: fix(updater): rebuild desktop on Windows hand-off repair path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#97343`, `#88251`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #100440 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-01`.