diff --git a/backend/services/maintenance.py b/backend/services/maintenance.py
index 7782e60..7749fa9 100644
--- a/backend/services/maintenance.py
+++ b/backend/services/maintenance.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from datetime import datetime
 import httpx
 import psutil
 
-from config import HERMES_AGENT_REPO
 from services import catalog, discover, jobengine, llamaswap, system
 
 # System-Dienste (root, via sudo -n NOPASSWD) vs. User-Dienste (systemctl --user).
@@ -89,42 +88,34 @@ def _engine_update_available() -> bool:
 _comp_cache = {"ts": 0.0, "data": []}
 
 
-def _gh_latest(repo: str) -> dict | None:
-    """Neuestes GitHub-Release {tag, published} oder None."""
-    try:
-        rel = httpx.get(f"https://api.github.com/repos/{repo}/releases/latest",
-                        timeout=6, headers={"User-Agent": "MissionControl2"}).json()
-        return {"tag": str(rel.get("tag_name", "")), "published": rel.get("published_at")}
-    except Exception:
-        return None
-
-
-def _commit_ts(path: str) -> int | None:
-    try:
-        p = subprocess.run(["git", "-C", os.path.expanduser(path), "log", "-1", "--format=%ct"],
-                           capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=8)
-        return int(p.stdout.strip()) if p.returncode == 0 and p.stdout.strip() else None
-    except Exception:
-        return None
-
-
 def _hermes_agent_update() -> dict:
-    """Hermes-Agent: neuestes Release vs. installiertes git-Commit-Datum."""
+    """Hermes-Agent wird aus **git** aktualisiert (CLI `hermes update` = git pull origin <branch>).
+    Darum HEAD vs. origin/<branch> prüfen (fetch + behind-count) — NICHT GitHub-Releases: die
+    werden selten getaggt, main läuft ihnen voraus → sonst zeigt das UI nie ein Update an."""
     info = {"key": "hermes_agent", "name": "Hermes Agent", "current": None,
             "latest": None, "update": False, "reachable": None}
     git = system.find_hermes_agent_git()
-    if git:
-        info["current"] = git.get("hash")
-    gh = _gh_latest(HERMES_AGENT_REPO)
-    if gh:
-        info["latest"] = gh["tag"]
-        ts = _commit_ts(git["path"]) if (git and git.get("path")) else None
-        if gh["published"] and ts:
-            try:
-                pub = datetime.fromisoformat(gh["published"].replace("Z", "+00:00")).timestamp()
-                info["update"] = pub > ts + 86400   # Release > installiertes Commit (+1 Tag Toleranz)
-            except Exception:
-                pass
+    if not git or not git.get("path"):
+        return info
+    path = git["path"]
+    info["current"] = git.get("hash")
+    try:
+        branch = (subprocess.run(["git", "-C", path, "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"],
+                                 capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=8).stdout.strip() or "main")
+        fetch = subprocess.run(["git", "-C", path, "fetch", "-q", "origin", branch],
+                               capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=25)
+        info["reachable"] = (fetch.returncode == 0)
+        if fetch.returncode == 0:
+            cnt = subprocess.run(["git", "-C", path, "rev-list", "--count", f"HEAD..origin/{branch}"],
+                                 capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=8)
+            behind = int(cnt.stdout.strip() or "0") if cnt.returncode == 0 else 0
+            info["behind"] = behind
+            info["update"] = behind > 0
+            oh = subprocess.run(["git", "-C", path, "rev-parse", "--short", f"origin/{branch}"],
+                                capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=8).stdout.strip()
+            info["latest"] = (f"{oh} ({behind} neu)" if behind else (oh or info["current"]))
+    except Exception:
+        info["reachable"] = False
     return info