# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS titlebar tab clipping and sidebar trapping fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a desktop/macOS bug where titlebar panel tabs were clipped and a collapse chevron was trapping sidebars and making titlebar window controls unclickable. The work focuses on correcting layout and hit-target problems in the titlebar area.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 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-108148`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #107196: \[Bug\]\[Desktop/macOS\] Titlebar panel tabs are clipped to their last letters, and the zone-collapse chevron beside them hides the sidebar and kills the titlebar buttons

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108148: fix(desktop): recover trapped sidebars and keep titlebar controls clickable**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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`
- **#107223: fix(desktop): keep left titlebar tabs from clipping beside window controls**. 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`.