# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop preview read routing fixes and timeouts

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where desktop_preview and drive_preview reads time out because preview/terminal read requests are not correctly routed to the window owning the session. Fixes involve ensuring only the relevant window answers reads and adding retry logic for replayed preview owner routing.

## 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 #114981. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114981 (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-114981`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113348: desktop_preview read and drive_preview always time out (No preview tab / no GUI window answered)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114981: fix(desktop): preview/terminal reads are answered only by the window showing the session, so desktop_preview read and drive_preview stop timing out with a second window attached (#113348, salvage #113353)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/server-requests.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/server-requests.ts`
- **#113353: fix(desktop): retry replayed preview owner routing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `4cde8f2ced10`, `#114981`, `#113348`, `#113353`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114981 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.