# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop response rows keyed by message id, stale rendering

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #121096: \[Bug\] Desktop: session switch renders stale assistant parts (duplicated blocks + order chaos)
- PR #138557: fix(desktop): key response-group rows by message id, not array index

Two pull requests change desktop response-group/response rows to be keyed by message id instead of array index, and one bug report describes stale assistant parts (duplicated blocks, odd ordering) after a session switch. The titles suggest a shared theme around desktop message rendering, but the link between the fixes and the bug is not confirmed by the titles alone.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #121096: \[Bug\] Desktop: session switch renders stale assistant parts (duplicated blocks + order chaos)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121100: fix(desktop): key response rows by message id**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#123077`, `#121096`
- **#138557: fix(desktop): key response-group rows by message id, not array index**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/response-group-row-key.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/response-group.tsx`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`