# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop timeline backward reading and paging fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs where the desktop timeline rail prevented reading further back in history, including suppressed 'Show earlier' controls and unwired load-more behavior after a timeline jump.

## 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 #114989. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114989 (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-114989`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113714: \[Bug\]: desktop timeline rail caps how far back you can read — "Show earlier" suppressed in history mode, and the rail's loadMore is never wired

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114989: fix(desktop): Show earlier keeps paging back after a timeline-rail jump (#113714, salvage #114008)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/history-window.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/history-window.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/timeline-index.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/timeline-index.ts`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#114570: fix(desktop): keep reading backwards after a timeline jump**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114989 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.