# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot Screen display.status staleness and streaming

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a specific bug where stale display.status replies lacking a request token can corrupt runtime fields, plus a related feature adding per-bot Xfce desktop streaming with take-over and hand-back support.

## 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 #108914. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #108914 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #110037: Bot Screen: the portal's \`display.status\` fetch carries no request token, so a stale snapshot can move the runtime fields backwards

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108914: feat: Bot Screen — per-bot Xfce desktop streamed into Hermes Desktop, take over and hand back (related #92524)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `Dockerfile`, `apps/desktop/e2e/bot-screen-stale-status-reply.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/package.json`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/close-tab.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/close-tab.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/gateway-groups.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/routes.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/input-requests.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/input-requests.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/server-requests.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/prompt-overlays.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/sibling-ws-url.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/sibling-ws-url.ts` (+95 more)
- **#110281: fix(bot-screen): ignore stale display.status replies**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#112282: fix(bot-screen): ignore stale display.status replies**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c80d12b9b98e`, `#108914`, `#110037`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #108914 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.