# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop reply rendering after compression or resume

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a desktop-specific issue where assistant replies may not appear in the chat UI after context compression, session forks, or resume events. The work involves reconciling lineage tips and preventing duplicate or missing paint of messages.

## 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 #118890. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118890 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118289: \[Bug\]: Desktop Bot Mode — assistant replies persist in state.db but often do not paint in Bot Chat after context-compression session forks; desktop lease can lag the live tip

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118890: Desktop no longer paints a reply twice after resume, steer or stale history (salvage #118610, supersedes #118267)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/completed-reply-refresh.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-status-drawer.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/completed-reply-refresh.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/resume-occurrences.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/completion-boundaries.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/completion-projections.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/response-occurrences.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/response-parts.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/live-turn-remainder.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/live-turn-remainder.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/persisted-live-turn.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/coverage.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/hydration.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/index.ts` (+5 more)
- **#118297: fix(desktop): reconcile compression lineage tips**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `71b61884a4`, `#118289`, `#118890`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118890 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-22`.