# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop falsely drops quiet tool-call turns

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #128528: fix(desktop,gateway): tell clients a quiet turn is still running (turn.alive)

A bug where long, silent tool-call turns are incorrectly marked as 'connection dropped' on desktop, particularly when the window is unfocused or on battery. Fixes involve checking backend liveness and a turn.alive signal to confirm quiet turns are still running.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #128401. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #128401 (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-128401`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #122416: Desktop: a long quiet tool call is settled as "connection dropped" when the window is unfocused or on battery

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128401: fix(desktop): ask the backend before settling a silent live turn**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/session-info.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/rewind.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/rewind.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/submit.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/lib/chat-messages/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/parts.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/error-surface.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-watchdog.test.ts`, `locales/_keys.desktop.json`
- **#122417: fix(desktop): ask the backend before settling a silent live turn**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#128401`, `#122416`
- **#128480: fix(desktop,gateway): turn.alive liveness for quiet turns, on top of #128401's backend check**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#128528`, `#128401`
- **#128528: fix(desktop,gateway): tell clients a quiet turn is still running (turn.alive)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `578a07f90539adb9211d1acf62df09a0b5e4c0fe`, `91b17917e60500afc566d669bac9c065a48ed478`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/status.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/turn-alive-event.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/error-surface.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-watchdog.test.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `tests/tui_gateway/conftest.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_tui_gateway_ws.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_turn_alive.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/events.py`, `tui_gateway/event_replay.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`, `tui_gateway/turn_alive.py`, `tui_gateway/ws.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #128401 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-29`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`