# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix reasoning content leaking into desktop UI output

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where model reasoning/thinking content was incorrectly exposed or duplicated in the desktop UI transcript. The changes ensure reasoning data is kept separate from the visible reply text.

## 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 #120040. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120040 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #118934: \[Bug\]: Desktop UI duplicates rendered output and exposes model reasoning content

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120040: Desktop: non-default profile chats no longer stream garbled text or double bubbles (#120005; closes #120006, #120007)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/gateway-event-dedupe.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/gateway-event-dedupe.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-profile-request.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-spawn-priority.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-events.ts`, `apps/shared/src/json-rpc-gateway.ts`
- **#118938: fix(desktop): hide structured reasoning from transcript**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#120040`, `#13007`, `#124031`
- **#124031: fix: resolve #118934 — reasoning.available must not carry the reply text**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120040 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.
- Subsystem: `agent`