# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop sidebar visibility and recovery issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern sidebars becoming trapped or hidden on desktop with no clear way to restore them, particularly related to titlebar tabs on macOS and missing restore affordances after zone-level hiding.

## 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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #107927: \[Bug\]\[Desktop\]: zone-level hide has no restore affordance — hidden sidebar only recoverable via layout editor / ⌘B

## 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`
- **#107933: fix(desktop): show first-hide toast when zone minimized (#107927)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `aa05e5c0f45`, `#107927`, `#108148`, `#107774`
- **#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`.