# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Orphan tool fold triggering false stale-transcript alerts

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a desktop bug where an orphan tool row at the start of the latest page incorrectly triggers the 'Chat out of date' stale-transcript guard on every message send. The accompanying fixes address how the guard and page-refresh logic handle orphan tool folds.

## 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 #124177. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124177 (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-124177`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #124311: Desktop: "Chat out of date" fires on every send when the latest page starts with an orphan tool row (stale-transcript guard self-conflict)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124177: fix(desktop): never re-prepend a tool fold the refreshed page already carries (#123856)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/transcript-backfill.stale-guard-loop.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/transcript-backfill.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/transcript-backfill.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#124414: fix(desktop): don't treat an orphan tool fold as a stale transcript**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#124177`, `#124311`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124177 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.