# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop duplicate reply bugs after reconnect or refresh

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address multiple scenarios where desktop assistant replies were duplicated, misplaced, or incorrectly replayed—particularly after WebSocket reconnects, transcript refreshes, and background-review supersede events.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #120601. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120601 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #119014: \[Bug\]: Desktop re-renders (and re-persists) an old assistant reply after WebSocket reconnect (code=1012)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119878: fix(desktop): stop duplicate and misplaced turns after transcript refresh**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/reconciliation.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/reconciliation.ts`
- **#120601: fix: background-review supersede no longer duplicates or drops desktop replies; fork turns tagged in logs**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/background_review.py`, `agent/turn_context.py`, `agent/turn_finalizer.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/background-review-interrupt.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/message-stream.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/message-stream.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/session-info.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/heartbeat-complete-reorder.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/steering-recovery.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/types.ts`, `tests/agent/test_background_review.py`
- **#119020: fix(desktop): ignore stale replayed message events**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#119014`, `#119878`, `#120601`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120601 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.