# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop approval-mode chip showing wrong profile's mode

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern the desktop app's approval-mode chip displaying another profile's approvals.mode, reportedly after an All-profiles resume or branching a bot's chat. One is a bug report and two are fix pull requests aimed at tying the chip to the active gateway or profile.

## 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 #142565. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #142565 (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-142565`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #125173: \[Bug\]: Desktop: the approval-mode chip shows another profile's approvals.mode after an All-profiles resume or a branch of a bot's chat

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#142565: fix(desktop): keep the approval-mode chip on the active profile mode**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/branch-approval-owner.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/runtime-owner.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/runtime-owner.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/approval-mode-menu.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/approval-mode-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-statusbar-items.tsx`
- **#125174: fix(desktop): only the active gateway's runtime sets the approval-mode chip**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#142565`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #142565 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-21`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`