# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop Bot Chat transcript stale on roster re-click

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where clicking an already-open Bot Chat tab from the roster displayed a stale transcript instead of refreshing it. These items cover the report, fix, and a related salvage PR for that specific case.

## 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 #101992. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101992 (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-101992`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #101430: Desktop: roster click on an already-open Bot Chat shows a stale transcript (fronts without refresh; #95600 only covered the not-yet-open path)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101992: fix(desktop): clicking an already-open bot no longer shows a stale transcript (#101430, salvage #101431)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/bot-row-opens-canonical-chat.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/roster-actions.ts`
- **#101431: fix(desktop): refresh Bot Chat transcript when a roster click fronts an already-open tab**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `3ea71a47b3`, `#101992`, `#101430`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101992 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-03`.