# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop chat scroll to load older messages

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A reported bug where the desktop GUI could not scroll back to earlier messages in long or branched conversations, along with several related fix attempts addressing pagination of older transcript content when scrolling near the top of the chat.

## 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 #106570. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106570 (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-106570`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #106350: \[Bug\]: Desktop GUI unable to scroll back to earlier messages in long conversations and branched sessions

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106570: fix(desktop): scrolling up at the top of a long or branched chat pages older turns in (#106350, salvage #106354)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/list-auto-show-earlier.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/list.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/should-auto-show-earlier.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/transcript-window.tsx`
- **#106354: fix(desktop): page earlier transcript on top-edge scroll**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `474143da81de5661424475a2e9e4ba60dfefa467`, `#106570`, `#106350`
- **#106356: fix(desktop): auto-paginate older transcript on scroll near top (#106350)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#106354`, `#106350`
- **#108567: fix(desktop): page older chat history at top edge**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#106570`, `#106350`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106570 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.