# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Lock desktop composer to dock by default

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #102609: fix(desktop): lock composer to dock by default

These items address locking the desktop composer to the dock by default and adding an option to disable dragging, targeting a macOS issue where the composer is too easily moved.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #122368. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122368 (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-122368`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #101318: \[Bug\]: macOS Desktop — bottom composer drag still too easy; add disable option

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122368: fix(desktop): lock the composer to the dock by default**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/floating-surface.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-popout-drag.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-popout-drag.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/settings-manifest.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/de.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/es.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fr.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/composer-popout-preference.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/composer-popout.ts`
- **#102609: fix(desktop): lock composer to dock by default**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-popout-drag.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-popout-drag.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/appearance-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/composer-lock-setting.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/composer-lock-setting.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/config-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/settings-search.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/use-settings-search.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/composer-popout-preference.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/composer-popout.ts`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122368 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`