# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix first-run onboarding skipped for pre-configured providers

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #113509: \[Feature\]: Desktop first-run onboarding silently skipped when provider was pre-configured outside the GUI
- PR #113520: fix(desktop): confirm preconfigured first launch
- PR #113522: fix(desktop): preserve onboarding for externally configured providers

These items address a bug where the desktop app's first-run onboarding flow was silently bypassed when a provider had been configured outside the GUI. The fixes ensure onboarding is preserved or confirmed even in externally pre-configured scenarios.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #113509: \[Feature\]: Desktop first-run onboarding silently skipped when provider was pre-configured outside the GUI

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113520: fix(desktop): confirm preconfigured first launch**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/store/onboarding.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/onboarding.ts`
- **#113522: fix(desktop): preserve onboarding for externally configured providers**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/relay.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/onboarding.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/onboarding.ts`, `tests/tools/test_bot_relay.py`, `tools/bot_mode_dm.py`, `tools/bot_relay.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`, `tools/terminal_tool_background.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_bot_relay.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`