# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop sidebar compression continuation rendering fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address how the desktop sidebar incorrectly renders compression continuations as branches, and related transcript duplication and deduplication problems involving continuations. The work focuses on correcting visual and data-handling behavior around compressed or sealed lineage segments.

## 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 #122079. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122079 (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-122079`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121148: Desktop sidebar renders compression continuations as branches; same lineage changes shape when a segment is sealed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122079: fix(desktop): transcript duplication — acknowledged-prompt dedupe, attachment-tolerant matching, continuation provenance, backtick URLs**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/artifacts/artifact-utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/artifacts/index.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.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/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/de.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/es.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fr.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/attachment-turn.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/reconciliation.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/reconciliation.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json` (+4 more)
- **#121155: fix(desktop): keep compression continuations out of sidebar branches**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122079`
- **#121175: fix(desktop): don't render compression continuations as branches**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122079`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122079 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.