# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop gateway event deduplication across sockets

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to preventing duplicate gateway events from being delivered when multiple sockets connect to the same backend on Desktop. The work addresses symptoms like garbled text and double chat bubbles in non-default profiles.

## 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 #120040. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120040 (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-120040`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #120007: Desktop: drop gateway events another socket to the same backend already delivered (plan)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120040: Desktop: non-default profile chats no longer stream garbled text or double bubbles (#120005; closes #120006, #120007)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/gateway-event-dedupe.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/gateway-event-dedupe.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-profile-request.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-spawn-priority.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-events.ts`, `apps/shared/src/json-rpc-gateway.ts`
- **#120090: fix(desktop): dedupe gateway events across sockets**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120040 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.