# desktop-update.ps1 -- repo-owned Windows Desktop update hand-off. # # WHY THIS EXISTS (the frozen-binary problem): the Desktop's Update button # used to hand off exclusively to the staged Tauri binary # (%HERMES_HOME%\hermes-setup.exe). That binary has no self-update path -- # copy_self_to_hermes_home deliberately no-ops during --update -- so every # updater-side fix (cache refresh #67369, marker self-adopt #74782, straggler # handling) only reaches users when a new installer is built, signed, and # published. In practice binaries go months stale and users hit long-fixed # bugs on every update (the 2026-08-09 incident chain). # # This script lives in the repo checkout, so EVERY `hermes update` refreshes # the very code that drives the next update. The Desktop spawns it through a # `cmd start` wrapper (see wrapHandoffForDetachedConsole in # apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.ts -- a bare detached+hidden # powershell dies before -File runs) and exits; only PowerShell itself -- an # OS component -- is "frozen". # # CONTRACT (keep in sync with apps/desktop/electron/main.ts): # cmd /d /s /c start "" /min powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass # -File scripts\desktop-update.ps1 # -InstallRoot repo checkout (HERMES_HOME\hermes-agent) # -Branch branch to update against # -DesktopPid the Electron main process to wait out # [-RelaunchExe ] Hermes.exe to start when done (omit = no relaunch) # [-NoUi] headless (tests); default shows a progress window # [-NoMarkerCleanup] leave .hermes-update-in-progress in place (tests) # # SAFETY POSTURE: both preflight gates FAIL CLOSED. A Desktop that never # exits, or a venv shim that never unlocks, aborts the hand-off without # mutating the install -- a skipped update is recoverable, a half-updated # venv is not. Every exit path (success, abort, crash) writes # .hermes-update-result.json for the relaunched Desktop to surface, and # relaunches the Desktop so the user is never left stranded. # # Marker: we claim HERMES_HOME\.hermes-update-in-progress with OUR pid as # step 0 (the wrapper cmd.exe pid the Desktop saw is useless -- it exits # immediately). hermes_cli/update_lock.py's ancestry rule lets our # `hermes update` child adopt the claim; electron/update-marker.ts parks a # relaunched Desktop on it. Cleanup only removes the marker while WE still # own it (a handoff partner that rewrote it keeps its claim). param( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$InstallRoot, [string]$Branch = "main", [int]$DesktopPid = 0, [string]$RelaunchExe = "", [switch]$NoUi, [switch]$NoMarkerCleanup ) $ErrorActionPreference = "Continue" # Foreground helpers: the script is spawned via `cmd start /min`, so its # WinForms window comes up backgrounded unless we explicitly claim focus -- # and after the update we must hand focus TO the relaunched Desktop (a # WMI-spawned process starts unfocused). AllowSetForegroundWindow lets us # pass our foreground right on to the new Hermes.exe pid. try { Add-Type -Namespace HermesHandoff -Name Win32 -MemberDefinition @' [DllImport("user32.dll")] public static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(System.IntPtr hWnd); [DllImport("user32.dll")] public static extern bool AllowSetForegroundWindow(int dwProcessId); [DllImport("user32.dll")] public static extern bool ShowWindow(System.IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow); '@ -ErrorAction Stop $script:Win32 = $true } catch { $script:Win32 = $false } # Render UTF-8 glyphs (checkmarks, arrows) correctly in our own console echo # too; the legacy conhost default OEM codepage shows them as mojibake. try { [Console]::OutputEncoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8 $OutputEncoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8 } catch {} $HermesHome = Split-Path -Parent $InstallRoot $MarkerPath = Join-Path $HermesHome ".hermes-update-in-progress" $LogDir = Join-Path $HermesHome "logs" $LogPath = Join-Path $LogDir "desktop-update-handoff.log" $ResultPath = Join-Path $HermesHome ".hermes-update-result.json" $script:Ui = $null function Write-HandoffLog([string]$Message) { $line = "{0:yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssK} {1}" -f (Get-Date), $Message try { Add-Content -LiteralPath $LogPath -Value $line -Encoding UTF8 } catch {} Write-Host $line if ($script:Ui) { try { $script:Ui.Box.AppendText($Message + "`r`n") [System.Windows.Forms.Application]::DoEvents() } catch {} } } function Show-ProgressWindow { if ($NoUi) { return } try { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms | Out-Null Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing | Out-Null $form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form $form.Text = "Hermes Update" $form.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(720, 420) $form.StartPosition = "CenterScreen" $form.ControlBox = $false $form.TopMost = $true $label = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label $label.Text = "Updating Hermes -- do not close this window. Hermes restarts automatically when the update finishes." $label.Dock = "Top" $label.Height = 34 $label.Padding = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Padding(8, 8, 8, 0) $bar = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.ProgressBar $bar.Style = "Marquee" $bar.MarqueeAnimationSpeed = 30 $bar.Dock = "Top" $bar.Height = 18 $box = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox $box.Multiline = $true $box.ReadOnly = $true $box.ScrollBars = "Vertical" $box.Dock = "Fill" $box.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("Consolas", 9) $form.Controls.Add($box) $form.Controls.Add($bar) $form.Controls.Add($label) $form.Show() # `cmd start /min` spawned us backgrounded; TopMost keeps the window # above others but does not take activation. Claim it explicitly so # the progress window is what the user sees during the update. try { $form.Activate() if ($script:Win32) { [HermesHandoff.Win32]::SetForegroundWindow($form.Handle) | Out-Null } } catch {} [System.Windows.Forms.Application]::DoEvents() $script:Ui = [pscustomobject]@{ Form = $form; Box = $box } } catch { # Headless session / WinForms unavailable: degrade to log-only. $script:Ui = $null } } function Close-ProgressWindow { if ($script:Ui) { try { $script:Ui.Form.Close() } catch {} $script:Ui = $null } } function Write-Result([bool]$Ok, [int]$Code, [string]$Message) { # Consumed (read + deleted) by the relaunched Desktop on boot so the # user actually SEES how a detached update ended. try { $obj = @{ ok = $Ok exit_code = $Code message = $Message branch = $Branch finished_at = [int][double]::Parse((Get-Date -UFormat %s), [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::InvariantCulture) } | ConvertTo-Json -Compress [System.IO.File]::WriteAllText($ResultPath, $obj) } catch {} } function Remove-MarkerIfOwned { if ($NoMarkerCleanup) { return } try { if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $MarkerPath) { $firstLine = (Get-Content -LiteralPath $MarkerPath -TotalCount 1 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) if ("$firstLine".Trim() -eq "$PID") { Remove-Item -LiteralPath $MarkerPath -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Write-HandoffLog "removed update marker (owned)" } else { Write-HandoffLog "leaving update marker: owned by pid '$firstLine', not us ($PID)" } } } catch {} } function Start-DesktopRelaunch { if ($RelaunchExe -and (Test-Path -LiteralPath $RelaunchExe)) { Write-HandoffLog "relaunching desktop: $RelaunchExe" # DO NOT spawn Hermes.exe as our child: Electron/Chromium calls # AttachConsole(ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS) at boot, so a Desktop launched # directly from this console PowerShell latches onto OUR console -- # the console window then outlives the script (it can't close while # an attached process lives), and closing it kills the freshly # relaunched GUI with it. Create the process via WMI instead: the # parent becomes WmiPrvSE.exe and there is no console to inherit or # attach -- same detachment explorer.exe gives a normal launch. $spawned = $false try { $workDir = Split-Path -Parent $RelaunchExe $r = Invoke-CimMethod -ClassName Win32_Process -MethodName Create -Arguments @{ CommandLine = ('"{0}"' -f $RelaunchExe) CurrentDirectory = $workDir } -ErrorAction Stop if ($r -and $r.ReturnValue -eq 0) { Write-HandoffLog "desktop relaunched detached (pid $($r.ProcessId))" $spawned = $true # Hand our foreground rights to the new Desktop and focus its # main window once it exists. A WMI-spawned process starts # unfocused, and Windows only lets the CURRENT foreground # owner (us, while the progress window is up / just closed) # delegate that right. Poll briefly for the window: Electron # takes a couple seconds to create it. try { if ($script:Win32) { [HermesHandoff.Win32]::AllowSetForegroundWindow([int]$r.ProcessId) | Out-Null $deadline = (Get-Date).AddSeconds(20) while ((Get-Date) -lt $deadline) { $hwnd = [System.IntPtr]::Zero try { $p = Get-Process -Id $r.ProcessId -ErrorAction Stop $hwnd = $p.MainWindowHandle } catch { break } # process died; nothing to focus if ($hwnd -ne [System.IntPtr]::Zero) { [HermesHandoff.Win32]::ShowWindow($hwnd, 9) | Out-Null # SW_RESTORE [HermesHandoff.Win32]::SetForegroundWindow($hwnd) | Out-Null Write-HandoffLog "focused relaunched desktop window" break } Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 400 } } } catch { Write-HandoffLog "WARNING: could not focus relaunched desktop: $($_.Exception.Message)" } } else { Write-HandoffLog "WARNING: WMI relaunch returned $($r.ReturnValue); falling back" } } catch { Write-HandoffLog "WARNING: WMI relaunch failed: $($_.Exception.Message); falling back" } if (-not $spawned) { try { # Fallback keeps the old behavior (console tie-in and all) -- # a tethered Desktop beats no Desktop. Start-Process -FilePath $RelaunchExe -WorkingDirectory (Split-Path -Parent $RelaunchExe) | Out-Null } catch { Write-HandoffLog "WARNING: desktop relaunch failed: $($_.Exception.Message)" } } } } function Invoke-StreamedHermes([string]$Exe, [string[]]$HermesArgs, [string]$Tag) { # Start-Process + output file + poll keeps the WinForms window pumping # during long silent stretches (pip installs); a blocking pipeline would # freeze the marquee. Returns @{ Code; Output }. $outFile = Join-Path $env:TEMP ("hermes-handoff-{0}-{1}.out" -f $Tag, $PID) $errFile = Join-Path $env:TEMP ("hermes-handoff-{0}-{1}.err" -f $Tag, $PID) Remove-Item -LiteralPath $outFile, $errFile -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue # System.Diagnostics.Process directly: Start-Process's .ExitCode is # unreliably $null under PS 5.1 even with the Handle-touch workaround. $psi = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo $psi.FileName = $Exe # .Arguments string (PS 5.1 / .NET Framework has no ArgumentList). # Args here are fixed flags + a branch ref; quote each defensively. $psi.Arguments = ($HermesArgs | ForEach-Object { '"{0}"' -f ($_ -replace '"', '\"') }) -join ' ' $psi.UseShellExecute = $false $psi.RedirectStandardOutput = $true $psi.RedirectStandardError = $true # hermes update prints UTF-8 (checkmarks, arrows, box glyphs). PS 5.1 # defaults these readers to the OEM codepage, which mangles every # multi-byte glyph into mojibake in the console AND the progress box. $psi.StandardOutputEncoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8 $psi.StandardErrorEncoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8 # And ask the child to actually EMIT UTF-8: Python decides its stdio # encoding from the console codepage when attached to one. $psi.EnvironmentVariables["PYTHONIOENCODING"] = "utf-8" $psi.EnvironmentVariables["PYTHONUTF8"] = "1" $psi.CreateNoWindow = $true $proc = [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($psi) $outWriter = [System.IO.File]::CreateText($outFile) $errWriter = [System.IO.File]::CreateText($errFile) # Pump synchronously in small reads so the UI stays alive; stderr is # drained at the end (hermes update is stdout-dominant). while (-not $proc.HasExited) { while (-not $proc.StandardOutput.EndOfStream) { $ln = $proc.StandardOutput.ReadLine() if ($null -ne $ln) { $outWriter.WriteLine($ln) if ($ln.Trim()) { Write-HandoffLog ("{0}| {1}" -f $Tag, $ln) } } if ($script:Ui) { [System.Windows.Forms.Application]::DoEvents() } } Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 150 if ($script:Ui) { [System.Windows.Forms.Application]::DoEvents() } } while (-not $proc.StandardOutput.EndOfStream) { $ln = $proc.StandardOutput.ReadLine() if ($null -ne $ln) { $outWriter.WriteLine($ln) if ($ln.Trim()) { Write-HandoffLog ("{0}| {1}" -f $Tag, $ln) } } } $errText = $proc.StandardError.ReadToEnd() if ($errText) { $errWriter.Write($errText) foreach ($ln in ($errText -split "`r?`n")) { if ($ln.Trim()) { Write-HandoffLog ("{0}!| {1}" -f $Tag, $ln) } } } $outWriter.Close(); $errWriter.Close() $proc.WaitForExit() $code = $proc.ExitCode $all = "" try { $all = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($outFile) } catch {} if ($errText) { $all += "`n" + $errText } Remove-Item -LiteralPath $outFile, $errFile -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue return @{ Code = $code; Output = $all } } $finalCode = 1 $finalMsg = "update did not complete" try { New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $LogDir -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null Remove-Item -LiteralPath $ResultPath -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Show-ProgressWindow Write-HandoffLog "hand-off start: root=$InstallRoot branch=$Branch desktopPid=$DesktopPid pid=$PID" # -- 0. Claim the update marker with OUR pid --------------------------- try { $epoch = [int][double]::Parse((Get-Date -UFormat %s), [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::InvariantCulture) # WriteAllText for byte-exact LF framing: Set-Content emits CRLF and # the marker contract (Rust/TS/Python readers) is "\n\n". [System.IO.File]::WriteAllText($MarkerPath, "$PID`n$epoch`n") Write-HandoffLog "claimed update marker (pid $PID)" } catch { Write-HandoffLog "WARNING: could not write update marker: $($_.Exception.Message)" } # -- 1. Wait for the Desktop to exit (FAIL CLOSED) ---------------------- if ($DesktopPid -gt 0) { $deadline = (Get-Date).AddSeconds(30) while ((Get-Date) -lt $deadline) { $proc = Get-Process -Id $DesktopPid -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if (-not $proc) { break } Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 300 if ($script:Ui) { [System.Windows.Forms.Application]::DoEvents() } } if (Get-Process -Id $DesktopPid -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) { # A live Desktop means a live backend re-locking the venv at any # moment. Updating under it is how installs brick. Abort. $finalCode = 4 $finalMsg = "Update aborted: the Hermes window (pid $DesktopPid) did not exit within 30s. Nothing was changed. Close Hermes fully and try again." Write-HandoffLog $finalMsg exit $finalCode } Write-HandoffLog "desktop exited" } # -- 2. Wait for the venv shim to unlock (FAIL CLOSED) ------------------ $shim = Join-Path $InstallRoot "venv\Scripts\hermes.exe" if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $shim) { $unlocked = $false $deadline = (Get-Date).AddSeconds(20) while ((Get-Date) -lt $deadline) { try { $fs = [System.IO.File]::Open($shim, 'Open', 'ReadWrite', 'None') $fs.Close() $unlocked = $true break } catch { Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 400 if ($script:Ui) { [System.Windows.Forms.Application]::DoEvents() } } } if (-not $unlocked) { # Something still maps the venv. --force-ing past it guarantees a # half-updated venv (the exact 2026-08-09 Access-denied brick). $finalCode = 5 $finalMsg = "Update aborted: another process is still holding the Hermes install open (venv\Scripts\hermes.exe locked after 20s). Nothing was changed. Close other Hermes windows/terminals and try again." Write-HandoffLog $finalMsg exit $finalCode } Write-HandoffLog "venv shim unlocked" } # -- 3. Run the update from the CURRENT checkout ------------------------ # --force skips only the hermes.exe shim guard, which step 2 just PROVED # is unlocked; the venv-python holder guard (orphan reap included) stays # active. Our marker claim is adopted by the child via update_lock.py's # process-ancestry rule. $hermesExe = Join-Path $InstallRoot "venv\Scripts\hermes.exe" if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $hermesExe)) { $finalCode = 3 $finalMsg = "Update aborted: $hermesExe is missing. The install needs repair (run the Hermes installer or `hermes doctor`)." Write-HandoffLog $finalMsg exit $finalCode } $updateArgs = @("update", "--yes", "--gateway", "--force", "--branch", $Branch) Write-HandoffLog ("running: hermes " + ($updateArgs -join " ")) $res = Invoke-StreamedHermes $hermesExe $updateArgs "update" Write-HandoffLog "hermes update exit code: $($res.Code)" if ($res.Code -ne 0 -and $res.Code -ne 2) { # One retry for the update-boundary class (fresh code on disk, stale # code in memory). Exit 2 ("close all Hermes windows") is not retryable. Write-HandoffLog "first attempt failed; retrying once (freshly pulled fix loads on the second run)" $res = Invoke-StreamedHermes $hermesExe $updateArgs "update" Write-HandoffLog "retry exit code: $($res.Code)" } # -- 4. Truthful completion: don't trust exit 0 ------------------------- # `hermes update` treats a Desktop GUI build failure as NON-fatal (prints # a one-line warning, exits 0). For a Desktop-DRIVEN update that warning # is fatal: we would relaunch the old exe and call it success. Detect it, # retry the build once, and propagate honestly. $desktopBuildFailed = $false if ($res.Code -eq 0 -and $res.Output -match "Desktop build failed") { Write-HandoffLog "hermes update reported a desktop build failure (non-fatal there, fatal here); retrying build" $rebuild = Invoke-StreamedHermes $hermesExe @("desktop", "--force-build", "--build-only") "rebuild" Write-HandoffLog "desktop rebuild exit code: $($rebuild.Code)" if ($rebuild.Code -ne 0) { $desktopBuildFailed = $true } } if ($res.Code -eq 0 -and -not $desktopBuildFailed) { $finalCode = 0 $finalMsg = "Update complete." } elseif ($desktopBuildFailed) { $finalCode = 6 $finalMsg = "Code and dependencies updated, but the Desktop app REBUILD FAILED - you are running the previous build. Run `hermes desktop --force-build` from a terminal to retry." } else { $finalCode = $res.Code $finalMsg = "hermes update failed (exit $($res.Code)). See logs\desktop-update-handoff.log." } exit $finalCode } finally { Write-Result ($finalCode -eq 0) $finalCode $finalMsg Remove-MarkerIfOwned Close-ProgressWindow Start-DesktopRelaunch }