# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop settings profile targeting bug and fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug caused model settings writes to apply to the wrong profile after host-backend collapse in desktop v0.21.3. The related fixes ensure settings pages read and write the displayed 'Applies to' profile rather than the backend's launch profile.

## 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 #118449. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118449 (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-118449`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118431: \[Bug\]: Desktop Settings → Models write applies to every profile after host-backend collapse (v0.21.3)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118449: fix(desktop): Settings pages read/write the displayed 'Applies to' profile, not the backend's launch profile (#118431, #118432, supersedes #118448)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/messaging/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/config-settings.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/custom-endpoints-settings.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/keys-settings.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/providers-settings.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/settings-scope.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/settings-scope.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_profiles_model_scope.py`
- **#118448: fix(desktop): settings pages send the concrete "Applies to" profile, not the collapsible override**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#118449`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118449 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-22`.