# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop sidebar/pane minimize and restore fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A cluster of bugs and fixes addressing desktop UI layout issues where sidebars become trapped, collapse to near-zero width, or fail to restore when focused or toggled. Fixes also cover titlebar control clickability and app action pinning.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #108148. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #108148 (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-108218`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #106009: \[Bug\]: Desktop Sessions sidebar has near-zero width while marked visible; focus_pane reports success without restoring it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108148: fix(desktop): recover trapped sidebars and keep titlebar controls clickable**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/DESIGN.md`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/titlebar-controls.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/collapse-restore-affordance.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/panel-titlebar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/tree-group.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/tree-group.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/tree-split.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/store.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/layout.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/sidebar-collapse-persistence.test.ts`
- **#108218: fix(desktop): pin app actions right and un-minimize panes on focus**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/appearance-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/settings-search.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/use-settings-search.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/titlebar-controls.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/titlebar-controls.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.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/store/pane-focus.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/pane-focus.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/titlebar-app-actions.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/titlebar-app-actions.ts`
- **#106095: fix(desktop): restore minimized sessions on focus**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `8706517544b`, `aa05e5c0f45`, `#108218`, `#106009`, `#108148`, `#106009`
- **#107823: fix(desktop): restore minimized sessions from sidebar toggle**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#108125: fix(desktop): sidebar no longer trapped by titlebar tabs on macOS (#107196 #107774 #107927 #106009 #107351, salvage #107209 #107223 #107456)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#108148`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #108148 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-11`.