# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop transcript rendering duplicates and ordering fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a desktop-side rendering issue where completed replies intermittently appeared duplicated or out of order. The work involves cleaning up how sealed and interim message bubbles are handled during transcript rendering without modifying persisted data.

## 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 #120809. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120809 (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-120692`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #119540: Desktop: completed replies intermittently render duplicated or out of order (render-side; persisted rows verified clean)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120692: fix(desktop): transcript-render sweep — no duplicate or vanishing replies with partial receipts, failed turns, steers, reasoning-only streams**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-submit.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-submit.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/folded-tool-turn-refresh.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/folded-segment-refresh.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/session-info-side-effects.test.tsx`, `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`
- **#120809: fix(desktop): retire sealed live bubbles from any turn whose fold carries them**. 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`
- **#120153: fix(desktop): drop sealed interims the folded turn row already carries**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#120809`, `#119540`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120809 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.