# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stop polling in hidden desktop chat tiles

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address performance issues where subagent list and transcript tail polling continues to run in hidden chat pane tiles. The work involves stopping or pausing those background polls when the pane is not visible.

## 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 #117066. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117066 (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-117066`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #106686: perf(desktop): subagent snapshot (5s) and transcript tail (2s) polls keep running in hidden chat tiles

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117066: Desktop: hidden keep-alive chat tiles stop polling \`subagent.list\` / \`subagent.tail\` (#106686, salvage #106697)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/hidden-pane-subagent-polls.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/subagent-transcript.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/use-subagent-snapshot.ts`
- **#106697: perf(desktop): stop hidden-pane subagent.list/tail polls**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `d39caf45a0`, `#117066`, `#106686`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117066 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.