# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Unicode and emoji support in desktop profile rail

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a bug where non-ASCII characters, Unicode graphemes, and emojis display incorrectly as '?' in the desktop profile rail initials. The work focuses on preserving Unicode and emoji characters when rendering profile labels.

## 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 #120434. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120434 (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-120434`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118765: \[Bug\] Desktop profile rail shows "?" for non-ASCII profile names

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120434: fix(desktop): preserve Unicode graphemes in profile initials**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/profile-switcher.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/ui/profile-glyph.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/ui/profile-glyph.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/profile-short-label.ts`
- **#118766: fix(desktop): support Unicode profile labels**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#119224: fix(desktop): support unicode and emojis for profile rail initials (#118765)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120434 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.