# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop profile scoping bugs and fixes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #124845: fix(desktop): scope the new-chat slash palette to the rail-selected profile

A cluster of issues and pull requests addressing cases where desktop and TUI actions incorrectly used the backend launch profile instead of the profile selected in the rail or owning the session. Affected behaviors include the new-chat slash palette, /save, interrupt hook, /model sync, resume routing, Open Logs, and the API-server card.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #126159. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126159 (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-126159`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #124651: \[desktop\] New-chat slash palette scans the backend's launch profile instead of the profile selected in the rail

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126159: Desktop/TUI act on the session's owning profile, not the backend launch profile: /save, interrupt hook, /model sync, resume hint and route, slash palette, Open Logs, API-server card (8 issues, salvages 6 PRs)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/fs-ipc.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/fs-ipc.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-slash-completions.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-slash-completions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/assistant-message.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `hermes_cli/main_tui_launch.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/messaging.py`, `hermes_state_gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_exit_summary_resume_hint.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_resume_model_restore.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_served_profile_mirror_platforms.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_interrupt_agent_loop_stopped_hook.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_multi_profile_hosting_fail_closed.py` (+11 more)
- **#124845: fix(desktop): scope the new-chat slash palette to the rail-selected profile**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-slash-completions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_protocol.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/profiles_vault_complete_foreign_subagents.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_complete.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_tools.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126159 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`