# NousResearch/hermes-agent · SSH mutex path double-quoting bug on remote hosts

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern a bug where Desktop SSH incorrectly creates a quote-prefixed or quote-named mutex directory path on remote Linux hosts. The work addresses avoiding double-quoting of the update mutex path.

## 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 #104206. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104206 (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-104206`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #99133: Desktop SSH creates a quote-prefixed update mutex path on remote Linux hosts

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104206: fix(desktop): SSH spawn no longer creates a quote-named mutex directory on the remote (#99133, salvage #96187 + #102191)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/'/var/folders/5h/qzgt02rn619fttp2d7zdxj600000gn/T/hermes-update-mutex-LMF9y5/home/.hermes-update-in-progress.mutex'`, `apps/desktop/'/var/folders/5h/qzgt02rn619fttp2d7zdxj600000gn/T/hermes-update-mutex-us8HZu/home/.hermes-update-in-progress.mutex'`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#99189: fix(desktop): avoid double-quoting the SSH update mutex path on remote hosts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#99133`, `#96187`, `#104206`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104206 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-06`.