# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop stale-transcript guard tip comparison fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug in the desktop stale-send guard that incorrectly compared transcript counts instead of durable tips, causing window freezes on project moves and silently dropped post-move history. The fixes update the guard to compare tips rather than totals.

## 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 #125523. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #125523 (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-125523`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123909: Desktop: project move freezes window transcript store → stale-guard blocks all sends; fork silently drops post-move history

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125523: fix(desktop): compare transcript tips, not counts, in the stale-send guard**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/transcript-backfill.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/stale-transcript-guard.ts`
- **#125547: fix(desktop): compare durable tips, not totals, in stale-transcript guard**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#125523`, `#123909`, `#65047`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #125523 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.