# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Idle windows wrongly handling active session requests

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where idle HUD or popout windows intercept and refuse preview/drive requests meant for the active session window. The cluster covers the bug report and related fix attempts addressing this misdirected request handling.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #107498. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #107498 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-107498`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #101016: \[Bug\] preview.act.request is answered by the first connected window, not the window showing the session — idle HUD/popout windows permanently refuse drive_preview

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107498: fix(desktop): idle HUD/popout windows no longer refuse drive_preview for the active session (#101016, salvage #101051)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/desktop-bridge.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/desktop-bridge.ts`
- **#101051: fix(preview): stop idle windows from rejecting active session actions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #107498 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-10`.