# NousResearch/hermes-agent · HUD window reveal errors and related fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the HUD window stays hidden when its renderer encounters a \`failed\` load or crash before first paint, leaving the reveal gate with no \`failure\` branch. Related fixes cover teardown of hidden HUD windows with errors, owner delivery watching, profile-pin survival, tile widths on reload, and collapsed-HUD hitbox.

## 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 #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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #108230: \[Bug\] HUD mode sometimes never appears: window stays hidden when its renderer load fails or crashes before first paint (reveal gate has no failure branch)

## 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`
- **#108247: fix(desktop): tear down failed hidden HUD**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122085`, `#108230`

## Fix status

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