# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop sidebar CPU fix: cache project tree scans

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address excessive CPU usage in the desktop sidebar caused by redundant per-profile project tree scans and repeated raw config parses, introducing single-flight caching and memoization to coalesce redundant work.

## 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 #106609. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106609 (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-106609`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #102674: Desktop sidebar saturates CPU on multi-profile hosts: /api/profiles/projects/tree missing single-flight cache + read_user_config_raw() re-parses every profile config uncached

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106609: fix(dashboard): all-profiles project tree scans single-flight instead of once per poller (#102674, salvage #102676)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/moken627-hub@users.noreply.github.com`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles_sidebar_cache.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles_sidebar_scope.py`
- **#102676: fix(desktop): coalesce projects/tree sidebar scans and memoize raw config parses**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `88781af371`, `#106609`, `#102674`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106609 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.