# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows tray restore focus and input issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug on Windows where restoring the app from the system tray leaves the window visible but unresponsive to input, with fixes involving deferred tray hiding, window re-activation, and focus handling.

## 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 #121565. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121565 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #119243: \[Bug\] Desktop (Windows): restoring from tray leaves the window visible but input-dead until restart

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121565: fix(desktop): defer tray hide and log main-process stalls**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main-process-lag-watchdog.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main-process-lag-watchdog.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/minimize-to-tray.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/minimize-to-tray.ts`
- **#119250: fix(desktop): focus windows restored from tray**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#121565`
- **#119270: fix(desktop): defer tray hide past minimize dispatch, re-activate window on Win32 restore**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#119243`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121565 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-25`.