# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop local profile capability/registry scoping fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs where desktop capability and registry requests were incorrectly routed to the backend's launch profile rather than the user-selected local profile. Fixes ensure Settings, Capabilities, and registry-pinned requests all respect the active 'Applies to' profile selection.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #119415: Desktop Capabilities/Skills shows default-profile skills when a named local profile is selected (local analogue of #98168)

## 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]`
- **#119427: fix(desktop): scope local registry capability requests**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `1750cfb0660`, `#120099`, `#118941`
- **#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  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `1750cfb0660c`, `#120099`, `#118941`, `#119411`, `#119415`, `#119894`, `#119513`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`.