# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop streaming render and state fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs in the desktop streaming pipeline, including dropped or duplicated replies, stream state mishandling across reordered heartbeats, and assistant messages disappearing after streaming completes.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-120601`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #119569: \[Bug\] Desktop: assistant messages disappear after streaming completes (render race condition)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#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`
- **#119591: fix(desktop): keep open stream across reordered running=false heartbeat (#119569)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

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