# NousResearch/hermes-agent · SSH connections learning backend install ID for deduplication

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern SSH connections not acquiring their backend install ID, which prevents duplicate addresses for the same machine from being collapsed into one roster entry. The members describe the problem and related fix attempts.

## 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 #117652. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117652 (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-117652`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117226: \[Bug\]: SSH connections never learn their backend install_id, so the same-backend roster collapse never applies to them

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117652: fix(desktop): SSH connections learn their backend install id so duplicate addresses collapse (#117226, salvage #117228)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/backend-dial-claim.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.ts`
- **#117228: fix(desktop): an ssh connection learns its backend install id, so two addresses for one machine collapse**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c4f5dd0dad62`, `#117652`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117652 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.