# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Connection removal leaves stale SSH and identity caches

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where removing or re-pointing a desktop connection fails to clear its cached roster and identity data, and connection IDs may be recycled. The cluster covers the bug report 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 #117651. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117651 (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-117651`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117227: \[Bug\]: removing or re-pointing a connection leaves its SSH roster and install-id caches, and connection ids are recycled

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117651: fix(desktop): removing or re-pointing a connection forgets its cached roster and identity (#117227, salvage #117232)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/connection-caches.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-caches.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`
- **#117232: fix(desktop): removing or re-pointing a connection forgets what was cached about it**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#117651`, `#117227`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117651 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.