# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop profile selection on host attach/launch

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #118894: Desktop: Settings → Model applies land in the backend's launch home (default profile), not the profile the page names
- PR #119096: fix(desktop): restore workspace profile on shared host attach

These issues and PRs concern a bug where the desktop settings or attach flow incorrectly uses the backend's launch home (default profile) instead of the intended workspace or stored working profile. The fixes restore correct profile selection during shared host and bare attach scenarios.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #118894: Desktop: Settings → Model applies land in the backend's launch home (default profile), not the profile the page names

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119096: fix(desktop): restore workspace profile on shared host attach**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.ts`
- **#119109: fix(desktop): adopt stored working profile over bare-attach launch home**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#119256`, `#118894`
- **#119256: fix(desktop): keep stored working profile over launch home on bare attach**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`