From 713382315d4aa0788ad52338b81557d8656a0d97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "CanbiZ (MickLesk)" <47820557+MickLesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 01:27:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] hermesagent: download the installer before running it
 (#17666)

bash <(curl ...) ran an empty script when the download failed and exited 0, so the failure surfaced one line later as chmod on a missing directory.
---
 install/hermesagent-install.sh | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/install/hermesagent-install.sh b/install/hermesagent-install.sh
index bfacdadc9..93cf54cc7 100644
--- a/install/hermesagent-install.sh
+++ b/install/hermesagent-install.sh
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@ if [[ ! "$CONFIRM" =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])$ ]]; then
 fi
 
 msg_info "Installing Hermes Agent"
+curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh -o /tmp/hermes-install.sh
 $STD setsid --wait bash -c '
   set -a; source /etc/default/hermes; set +a
   export npm_config_yes=true
-  bash <(curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh) --skip-setup --hermes-home /home/hermes/.hermes --dir /home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent
+  bash /tmp/hermes-install.sh --skip-setup --hermes-home /home/hermes/.hermes --dir /home/hermes/.hermes/hermes-agent
 '
+rm -f /tmp/hermes-install.sh
 chown -R hermes:hermes /home/hermes
 chmod 750 /home/hermes
 chmod 700 /home/hermes/.hermes