# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop session Git branch recording fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug caused desktop-created sessions to never record their git branch, causing lane labels to permanently fall back to a fake 'main'. Multiple fixes address persisting Git metadata and enriching session rows for desktop sessions.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #128428. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #128428 (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-128428`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #108784: \[Bug\]: Desktop-created sessions never record git_branch — lane labels permanently fall back to fake 'main'

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128428: fix(desktop): sessions follow the agent's worktree and record their git branch**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/workspace-group.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/workspace-groups.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/workspace-groups.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/sessions-section-new-session-drag.test.tsx`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_desktop_session_row_git_meta.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_session_cwd_follow.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_session_git_metadata_generation.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`, `tui_gateway/session_workdir.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#108788: fix(tui): record desktop session git branch**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#108789`, `#108789`
- **#108789: fix(tui_gateway): persist Git metadata for desktop sessions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#128428`, `#127011`, `#127011`
- **#127011: fix(desktop): git-enrich lazily created session rows; never switch to a fallback lane label**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#128428`, `#108789`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #128428 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-29`.