# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Keep-awake option scoped to active agent runs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items all concern adding a 'while working' mode to the desktop keep-awake feature, so the computer stays awake only during active agent turns rather than always or never. The work spans a feature request and multiple implementation attempts or iterations.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #128984. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #128984 (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-128984`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #101991: \[Feature\]: Make "Keep computer awake" active only during agent runs

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128984: Desktop keep-awake gets a 'while working' mode that holds the machine awake only during turns (salvage #102209)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/power-save.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/power-save.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/config-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/settings-manifest.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.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/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant_settings.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/keep-awake.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/keep-awake.ts`, `locales/_keys.desktop.json`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#102209: feat(desktop): keep-awake follows the turn — a "while working" mode alongside off/always**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `c485449a1b`, `2464f6aab6`, `#128984`
- **#102274: feat(desktop): scope keep-awake to active agent runs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#128984`, `#102209`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #128984 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-03`.