# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop session claim lease conflicts on Windows

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where desktop session claims are refused due to stale or unknown sibling leases, along with fixes targeting that lease conflict behavior in the CLI and dashboard.

## 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 #114905. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114905 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #107026: \[Bug\]: Windows Dashoard - Hermes could not safely reserve this session.

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114905: fix(cli): Desktop session claim no longer refused by a stale sibling lease after a backend update (#113683, salvage #107031)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/active_sessions.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_active_sessions.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#107031: fix(dashboard): keep desktop session claim open amid unknown sibling leases**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#114905`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114905 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.