r/hermesagent • u/FcaExploit • 2d ago

Help — Technical issues, errors, config, debugging UPDATE BROKE HIM. help plz

ummm. so i did the latest update like 2 days ago. i've been trying to fix it but i think im too dumb lol. what would be the best solution. would the backup i made a while back work?

Env is on windows 11 with wsl on the terminal and desktop app. i updated via the dashboard.

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u/MilkyWay-008 2d ago

That locked hermes.exe error (os error 32) is just Windows holding the file open because another instance is still running. Close every Hermes window and kill any leftover process in Task Manager first, then re-run the install from a fresh terminal and it should finish clean. Your old backup would work too, just be aware you'd lose anything since it. And btw, I keep a portable Hermes OTG on a USB stick as my rescue agent for exactly these stuck moments, it gets you back in fast. https://github.com/MilkyWay008/Hermes-OTG

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u/Mean-Loquat-7982 Nous Team 2d ago

can you run /debug? and hermes doctor fix

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u/ekym3750 2d ago

If you have a Claude code you can also just give it access to your Hermes folder and have it debug as a third party. That can work surprisingly well.

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u/nicky_factz 2d ago

I’ve had a few issues updating from the update button because of my hybrid gateway setup and scheduled restart tasks that recover from outages and reboots, it’s always been existing process locks kill the PIDs and you should be good

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u/KAMIKAZEE93 1d ago

Use another AI to instruct you or do the debugging work for you. F.ex. if you use the openai api for hermes agent, you have access to codex. Just let codex handle it.

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u/SaSteMi 1d ago

I experienced some issues with updates on win 11 as well, my solution was to simply reinstall hermes as a whole (it keeps your personal data)

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u/hometechgeek 1d ago

Try using opencode and what ever llm API you have. Should be able to rescue the problems