# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop onboarding shown incorrectly due to unscoped runtime check

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug caused the Desktop readiness probe to incorrectly trigger onboarding when using a multiplexed backend or fallback provider, traced to an unscoped launch profile runtime check. The cluster covers the bug report and related fixes scoping that runtime readiness check correctly.

## 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 #112236. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112236 (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-112236`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #112061: \[Bug\]: Desktop shows onboarding on a multiplexed backend: setup.runtime_check runs the launch profile unscoped, UnscopedSecretError on HERMES_CODEX_BASE_URL (openai-codex)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112236: fix(gateway): Desktop readiness probe no longer shows onboarding on a multiplexed backend or when a fallback provider serves the session (#112061, #111775, salvage #112066 #111783)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_config.py`
- **#112066: fix(gateway): scope launch runtime readiness**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `5910de20bc98`, `#112236`, `#112066`, `#111783`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112236 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.