# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop SSH remote session management fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address failure modes in Desktop's managed SSH remote sessions, including aborted bulk updates, unbounded durable recovery when a scope never restores, and inaccurate error reporting on POSIX drain refusal.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #124839. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124839 (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-124839`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #124617: Desktop: 'Update all instances' aborts when it can't terminate the Desktop-owned SSH remote serve

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124839: fix(desktop): report the real POSIX drain refusal instead of a generic error**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.ts`
- **#127008: fix(desktop): bound managed SSH durable recovery when a scope never restores**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/managed-ssh-update.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/managed-ssh-update.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/connections-registry.tsx`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124839 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-30`.