# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop UI language resets to English after update relaunch

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the desktop UI language reverts to English after an update relaunch, despite the locale setting persisting in config.yaml. Several fixes attempt to address a startup race condition by retrying the locale config read after relaunch.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #106476. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106476 (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-106476`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #105465: Desktop UI language resets to English after every \`hermes update\` relaunch even though \`display.language\` stays persisted in config.yaml

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106476: fix(desktop): UI language survives the update relaunch — startup locale read retries (#105465, #26665, salvage #76158 + #105470)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/i18n/context.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/context.tsx`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#76158: fix(desktop): retry i18n locale load after backend startup race**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `140eaf9e036`, `5353fc9b32e`, `#106476`, `#105470`, `#105465`, `#26665`
- **#105470: fix(desktop): retry startup locale config read after update relaunch**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c2524736d13`, `#106476`, `#76158`
- **#105474: fix(desktop): retry the i18n startup config fetch after update relaunches**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `140eaf9e036`, `#106476`, `#76158`, `#105470`, `#105470`, `#76158`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106476 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`