# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Chat pane periodic repaint and scroll reset fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a recurring ~60-second repaint of the desktop chat pane that was resetting scroll position, composer caret, and unsaved typed text. Related fixes also target transcript scroll re-pinning behavior and unnecessary atom writes for unchanged entries.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114988. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114988 (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-114988`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #113842: Desktop: chat pane repaints every ~60s, resetting scroll position, composer caret, and unsaved typed text

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114988: fix(desktop): chat pane no longer repaints every ~60s losing scroll, caret and typed text (#113842, salvage #113845)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-status-snapshot.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-status-snapshot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/list-restore-composer-resize.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/list.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/thread-scroll-restore.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/thread-scroll.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/transcript-tail.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/transcript-tail.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#113845: fix(desktop): skip tail atom writes when the entry is unchanged**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c3d2e108f1d2`, `#114988`, `#113842`, `#113845`
- **#114052: fix(desktop): stop the transcript from re-pinning scroll while idle and from resting above the bottom on send (#113842)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114988 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.