# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop profile scoping bugs and fixes for local backend

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where settings and registry requests on the shared local backend incorrectly use the launch profile instead of the user-selected 'Applies to' profile. The work involves identifying the problem and scoping config writes and local-delegate requests correctly per profile.

## 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 #120099. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120099 (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-120099`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #119411: \[Bug\]: Settings → Models profile picker still writes the launch profile's config.yaml (v0.21.4, single host backend)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120099: fix(desktop): Settings and Capabilities follow the "Applies to" profile on the shared local backend (salvage #118941)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#119513: fix(desktop): scope registry local-delegate requests per profile**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#120099`, `#118941`, `#119411`
- **#120101: Desktop: registry-pinned local requests reach the selected profile, not the backend's launch profile (#119411, #119415, #119894; salvage #119513)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `1750cfb0660c`, `#120099`, `#118941`, `#119411`, `#119415`, `#119894`, `#119513`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120099 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.