# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop stranded-resume offers Start New Session option

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #106217: Desktop dead-ends on 'Turn failed' when resuming a session owned by a live TUI — no path forward, no input

When resuming a session fails because a live TUI owns it, the desktop UI previously showed a dead-end with no actionable path forward. These issues and fixes add a 'Start new session' option to that blocked state.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113950. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113950 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #106217: Desktop dead-ends on 'Turn failed' when resuming a session owned by a live TUI — no path forward, no input

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106597: Desktop offers Start new session instead of a dead-end Retry when a live TUI owns the session (#106217, salvage #106248)**. 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/submit.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/assistant-message.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/assistant-message.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`
- **#113950: fix(desktop): stranded-resume overlay offers Start new session instead of a Retry-only wall (partial #106217, salvage #107162)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/resume-exhausted-overlay.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/resume-exhausted-overlay.tsx`
- **#106248: fix(desktop): offer Start new session on live-owner exclusivity refusals**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c80003ff57b1693b592f2826908d01c5534f16ce`, `#106597`
- **#107162: fix(desktop): offer Start new session on the stranded-resume dead end (partial #106217)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `8a492617e12`, `#113950`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113950 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`