# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Named primary profile handling fixes on desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs where a named (non-default) primary profile was not correctly recognized or restored, causing incorrect fallback behavior and a false 'device not active' warning.

## 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 #111424. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111424 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #108136: \[Bug\]: False "This device did not become active" toast when the primary profile is a named profile (not "default")

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111424: fix(desktop): switching back to a gateway restores its last-used profile instead of default (#110819, salvage #110851)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/connections.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/connections.ts`
- **#108140: fix(desktop): accept named primary descriptor without profile**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#111424`, `#108136`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111424 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.