# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop settings incorrectly scoped to wrong profile

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where desktop settings UI reads and writes approval-mode (and related fields) against the wrong profile instead of the one currently being viewed. A fix scopes these operations to the correct viewed 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 #126138. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126138 (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-126138`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #125969: \[Bug\]: Desktop: approval-mode menu reads/writes every profile's approvals.mode as the backend's launch profile (missing profile RPC scope)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126138: Desktop settings read/write the profile they display: approval mode, terminal backend, vault scope chip, messaging token bleed (#125969 #99720 #121966 #96542)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/api/toolsets.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/toolsets/toolset-detail.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/messaging/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/messaging/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/terminal-backend-panel.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/terminal-backend-panel.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/vault-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/approval-mode-menu.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-statusbar-items.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/tips/tutorial-lifetime.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/hermes-capability-scope.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/approval-mode.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/approval-mode.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/display-toggles.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/display-toggles.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/voice-live.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/voice-live.ts`
- **#125977: fix(desktop): scope approval-mode reads/writes to the viewed profile (#125969)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `ef6039cc77`, `64ea12456a`, `b23b8bcf7f`, `#125969`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126138 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.