# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop profile isolation and state.db binding fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs where desktop sessions could incorrectly bind to or report another profile's state.db, and work to pin backend child processes to the correct profile home. The focus is on profile isolation for desktop child processes, particularly on Windows.

## 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 #108074. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #108074 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #102315: \[Bug\]: Windows Desktop child can report --profile default while using another profile home/state.db

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108074: Sessions no longer bind to or read another profile's state.db (#102526, #106761, #105887, #106974; salvage #102534, #106975)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/turn_explainers.py`, `agent/turn_finalizer.py`, `evals/session_search_schema/runner.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `hermes_state_registry.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_deleted_profile_tombstone.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_shared_session_db_registry.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_corruption_recovery_guidance.py`, `tests/tools/test_session_search.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_launch_db_home_override_race.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_session_resume_db_ownership.py`, `tools/session_search_tool.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#102343: fix(desktop): pin backend children to the Hermes-root HERMES_HOME**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#102315`, `#108074`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #108074 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-11`.