# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop transcript rows disappearing after re-hydration

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern a desktop bug where re-hydrating the transcript store with a stale or empty page causes visible rows to vanish from the thread view, even though the underlying database remains intact.

## 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 #119130. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #119130 (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-119130`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118850: \[Bug\]: Desktop — post-turn re-hydrate replaces the in-memory transcript store with a stale page (rows vanish from the view; DB intact)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119130: Desktop: an empty transcript page no longer blanks a populated thread (#118850, salvage #119100)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/transcript-tail.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/transcript-tail.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#118855: fix(desktop): retain transcript rows on stale hydration**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#118850`, `#119130`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #119130 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-22`.