# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop steer message session validation fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where steer messages could be sent into conversations with no live turn, causing them to appear in unintended chat windows. The members relate to a fix that refuses steer actions when no live turn exists in a session.

## 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 #130300. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #130300 (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-130300`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #105176: \[Bug\]: Desktop — steer message sent into a running conversation is echoed in a different chat window (user sees a message they never typed in that conversation)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130300: fix(desktop): refuse a steer into a session with no live turn**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.ts`
- **#107253: fix(desktop): refuse steer into a session with no live turn**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#130300`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #130300 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-01`.