# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Style interim commentary differently from final answers

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #100776: \[Desktop\] Tool-heavy turns show raw interim commentary without visual distinction from final answer
- PR #103734: fix(desktop): label sealed interim commentary as working and de-emphasize it

These issues and PRs concern interim/working commentary in tool-heavy turns appearing visually indistinct from final answers on desktop. A fix is proposed to label sealed interim commentary as 'working' and de-emphasize it visually.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #100776: \[Desktop\] Tool-heavy turns show raw interim commentary without visual distinction from final answer

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100777: fix(desktop): label sealed interim commentary as working and de-emphasize it**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#103734: fix(desktop): label sealed interim commentary as working and de-emphasize it**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#100777`, `#100776`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/assistant-message.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/streaming.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`