# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Statusbar session timer semantics inconsistency fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where the statusbar session timer had two conflicting behaviors — resetting on primary focus switches versus showing database row age for tiles. The work addresses unifying the timer to consistently reflect focus-since time.

## 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 #122044. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122044 (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-122044`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #103123: \[Bug\]: Statusbar Session timer has two semantics — primary focus resets per switch, tile focus shows DB row age (23:03:00 on a day-old session)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122044: fix(desktop): statusbar timer shows focus-since on tiles and says so**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-statusbar-items.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-statusbar-items.tsx`, `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/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/session-timer-since.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/session-timer-since.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session.ts`
- **#103143: fix(desktop): one session-timer clock — row started_at for primary and tile focus**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122044`
- **#103702: fix(desktop): unify statusbar Session timer on focus-since for tiles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122044`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122044 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-25`.