# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop tab restore state and session lifecycle

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern how the desktop application handles tab and composer state across resumes, profile switches, and relaunches. A specific focus is on restored tabs tied to deleted or absent sessions being repeatedly re-probed without recovery.

## 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 #126182. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126182 (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-126182`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #125678: \[Bug\]: Restored tab of a deleted session is re-probed on every profile at every launch and never heals

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126182: Desktop composer, tabs and Bot Chat state survive resumes, profile/connection switches and toolset edits (#125336 #125678 #123805 #122190 #124211 #120106 #125394)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-tiles-connection-scope.test.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/agent/test_bot_chat_toolset_refresh.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_spawn_gateway_restart_reap.py`, `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_probe.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_custom_provider_session_persistence.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_session_hidden_rpc.py`, `tools/bot_mode_probe.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/sessions.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_session.py`
- **#125706: fix(desktop): retire empty restored tabs after conclusive absence**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#126182`, `#125706`, `#125678`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126182 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.