# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop profile-backend pool guard and prewarm fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address issues with the desktop profile-backend pool, including unnecessary backend spawning on hover, routing warmProfile calls through the pool guard, and a hang condition when the pool is saturated by a fourth profile's surface.

## 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 #108107. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #108107 (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-108107`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #103631: Desktop: a 4th profile's surface can hang forever when the profile-backend pool is saturated (plugin warmProfile bypasses the pool guard)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108107: Desktop: hovering the Bots roster no longer spawns a backend per row (#103631, salvage #103634)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/sdk/index.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile.ts`
- **#103634: fix(desktop): route host.warmProfile through the guarded prewarm resolver**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `dbc5d7c60b`, `#108107`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #108107 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-11`.