# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop idle animation and CPU usage issues

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #122413: \[Bug\]: Desktop renderer still burns ~0.8 core at idle on v0.21.5 (macOS M5) — residual after b9fea361ec / #88275
- PR #122446: fix(desktop): gate idle countdown clocks on one shared viewed 1s ticker
- PR #127719: Desktop: hidden windows stop animating, and ungated timers or animations now fail lint (#127647)

These items relate to excessive CPU usage and animation/timer behavior in the desktop renderer when windows are hidden or idle. They include a bug report, a lint rule, and a fix involving shared ticker gating.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #122413: \[Bug\]: Desktop renderer still burns ~0.8 core at idle on v0.21.5 (macOS M5) — residual after b9fea361ec / #88275

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122446: fix(desktop): gate idle countdown clocks on one shared viewed 1s ticker**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#127647`, `#122413`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/cron-jobs-section.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/hooks/use-idle-clock.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/hooks/use-idle-clock.ts`
- **#127719: Desktop: hidden windows stop animating, and ungated timers or animations now fail lint (#127647)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `.prettierignore`, `apps/desktop/AGENTS.md`, `apps/desktop/eslint-suppressions.json`, `apps/desktop/eslint.config.mjs`, `apps/desktop/package.json`, `apps/desktop/scripts/check-idle-animations.mjs`, `apps/desktop/scripts/check-idle-animations.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/app/starmap/timeline.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/styles.css`

## Fix status

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