# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop session persistence and draft recovery fixes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #111885: fix(desktop): keep first sends and renamed sessions recoverable

These items address scenarios where desktop sessions or drafts are lost or become unrecoverable — specifically around first-turn freezes, post-rename stale localStorage pointers, and restoring unsent composer drafts when a session is missing.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #115602. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115602 (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-115602`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111868: Desktop: freeze during first turn loses the whole session — user message draft survives but session row is never persisted; stale post-rename localStorage pointers 404-loop

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115602: fix(desktop): unsent composer draft is restored, with Undo, when a session is gone (closes remaining atom of #111868)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/AGENTS.md`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-draft.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-draft.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/restored-draft-notice.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `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/store/composer.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/composer.ts`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#111885: fix(desktop): keep first sends and renamed sessions recoverable**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/rename-profile-dialog.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/rename-profile-dialog.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile-rename-state.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile-rename-state.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session.ts`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_compute_host_turn_protocol.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_prompt_submit_persistence.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_seeded_session_create.py`, `tui_gateway/compute_host.py`, `tui_gateway/compute_host_bridge.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_prompt.py`, `tui_gateway/prompt_turn.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115602 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`