# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop multi-window file-watch event delivery fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where file-change watch events were only delivered to the main window, preventing secondary windows from receiving live-reload updates. Related fixes also touch HUD reveal behavior, profile-pin handling, tile widths on reload, and collapsed-HUD hit detection in multi-window scenarios.

## 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 #122085. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122085 (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-122085`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #108189: \[Bug\]: Desktop — file-change watches only reach the main window; secondary windows never live-reload previews or plugins

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122085: fix(desktop): multiwindow/pin — watch owner delivery, HUD reveal failure branch, profile-pin survival, tile widths on reload, collapsed-HUD hitbox**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preview-file-watch.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preview-file-watch.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/primary-profile-pin.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/primary-profile-pin.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/window-reveal.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/window-reveal.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/controller.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hud/resize-frame.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/pane-reload-share.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/store.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/layout-persistence.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/styles.css`
- **#108191: fix(desktop): deliver preview watch events to the window that created the watch**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#118380: fix(desktop): deliver file-watch events to owning window (#108189)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122085`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122085 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-25`.