# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix dashboard renderer served by Desktop-spawned shells

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where shells spawned inside the desktop app cause the hermes dashboard to serve the wrong renderer (IPC-only or desktop renderer instead of the web dashboard). Changes target both the CLI and dashboard to correct which renderer is selected in this context.

## 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 #116840. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116840 (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-116840`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116107: \`hermes dashboard\` serves the desktop renderer ("Desktop IPC bridge is unavailable") when launched by any process spawned inside the desktop app

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116840: fix(dashboard): hermes dashboard from a Desktop-spawned shell serves the web dashboard, not the IPC-only renderer (#116107, salvage #116118)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_web_dist_validation.py`
- **#116118: fix(dashboard): stop Desktop child shells from serving IPC-only renderer**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c1b5a5012b84`, `#116840`, `#116107`, `#116118`
- **#116119: fix(cli): stop a desktop-spawned shell from serving the desktop renderer**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c1b5a5012b84`, `#116840`, `#116107`, `#116118`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116840 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.