Hermes Desktop v0.7.8 catches up with Hermes Agent v0.23.1 while retaining older Agent installation support.
- Supports current Agent approvals, multi-question clarification, cancellation and reconnect restoration across Local, SSH and Remote connections.
- Keeps sensitive tool prompts in native dialogs and recommends a Desktop update when an Agent requires a newer protocol.
- Follows Agent-managed runtimes, verifies pinned installers, refreshes runtime paths after installation and supports fresh backends before session history exists.
- Preserves the Agent-selected Windows interpreter so raw helper output is captured correctly, while background commands remain hidden.
- Preserves clarification ownership across runtime changes and restores current Agent tool activity in saved history.
- Patches Electron to 44.9.1, limits packaged files to the runtime payload and includes the Linux arm64 update feed.
Also includes the accumulated improvements since v0.7.7: live chat subagents, transcript and scrolling fixes, expanded Remote management, schedule history, shared pets, MiniMax speech, RTL improvements and Persian support.
Desktop and Agent update independently. Updating Desktop does not silently replace a Remote Agent or downgrade a newer local installation.
Validation covered the signed app in Local, SSH and Remote modes, genuine managed Agent installations on Windows/Linux, and native installer/updater checks on Windows, Intel macOS and Linux x64/arm64. See the acceptance record for candidate identities and coverage limits.