# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop model-picker search highlight consistency fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where hyphen-containing queries in the desktop model-picker search find models but fail to highlight matches. The fixes aim to make search filtering and match highlighting behave consistently, including handling of fold separators.

## 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 #104986. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104986 (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-104986`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #104509: \[Bug\]: Desktop model-picker search: hyphen queries find models but never highlight them

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104986: fix(desktop): highlight model search matches consistently (#104509, salvage #104510)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/DESIGN.md`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.search-fold.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/model-picker.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/model-visibility-dialog.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/ui/dropdown-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/ui/highlight-matches-model.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/ui/highlight-matches.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/ui/highlight-matches.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/text.ts`
- **#104510: fix(desktop): fold separators in model search so filters and highlights agree**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#104986`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104986 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.