# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Restoring preview tabs on desktop app restart

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where preview tabs were not being restored after the desktop app restarted, despite their state being persisted. The work involves implementing or correcting startup logic to reload those persisted preview tabs.

## 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 #122078. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122078 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #119895: Desktop Preview tabs are not restored after app restart despite persisted tab state

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122078: fix(desktop): pop-out scope adoption, bare URLs stay visible, citeturn markers, traffic-light overlap, SSH paste attachments**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_references.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/browser-popout-handoff.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.bare-url.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/narrow-overlays.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/narrow-overlays.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/markdown-preprocess.citation.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/markdown-preprocess.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/preview.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/phantomthedog@users.noreply.github.com`, `tests/agent/test_context_references.py`, `tests/tools/test_credential_files.py`, `tools/credential_files.py`
- **#119898: fix(desktop): restore preview tabs on restart**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122078`
- **#121624: fix(desktop): restore persisted preview tabs on startup**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122078 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.