Updating an old checkout ran `git merge --ff-only`, which prints a
diffstat plus create/delete-mode summary. From v2026.7.1 to today that
is ~27k lines, emitted in under a second. Hermes-Setup.exe forwards
every stage line to its window as its own Tauri event; the burst
overflows the UI thread's Windows posted-message queue (10k), emits fail
with FailedToSendMessage, and afterwards clicking Launch can leave the
installer on "Launching" without ever spawning Hermes.exe.
This is why both Windows desktop-installer@latest E2E legs from
v2026.7.1 timed out waiting for the app window after Launch, while the
same routes from v2026.9.24 (small diff) passed.
Reproduced on Windows arm64 with the production Hermes-Setup.exe and a
protocol-faithful stage script: a 32k-line burst hangs Launch in most
runs (with ~14k FailedToSendMessage warnings), 5k lines and no burst
always launch. --no-stat reduces the merge to two lines.
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