# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop sidebar missing repository headers edge cases

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the desktop sidebar fails to display repository headers in multi-folder projects when there are zero sessions or before a first session has been created. Multiple fixes and the originating bug report address this display omission.

## 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 #116873. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116873 (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-116873`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #115128: \[Bug\]: Desktop sidebar hides repository headers in multi-folder projects when there are 0 sessions

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116873: fix(desktop): an entered project shows its declared repository headers before its first session (#115128, salvage #115135)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/sessions-section-new-session-drag.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/sessions-section.tsx`
- **#115135: fix(desktop): show empty project repository headers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f02a128dd1c3`, `#116873`, `#115128`, `#115135`
- **#115146: fix(desktop): show repository headers in multi-folder projects with 0 sessions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `f02a128dd1c3`, `#116873`, `#115128`, `#115135`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116873 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.