# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop stale-transcript guard and send fixes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #128865: fix(desktop): exclude compacted rows from stale guard

These items address bugs in the desktop client where the stale-transcript guard misfires after in-place compaction and where sends are incorrectly blocked from a window behind its chat. The work involves excluding compacted rows from the guard and correcting the send-refusal logic.

## 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 #133338. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #133338 (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-133338`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #128859: \[Bug\]: Desktop stale-transcript guard fires forever after in-place compaction (remote page includes compacted rows, local view is active-only)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#133338: fix(desktop): stop refusing sends from a window behind its chat**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/core/README.md`, `apps/desktop/e2e/core/behind-window-send.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/transcript-backfill.stale-guard-loop.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/transcript-backfill.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/transcript-backfill.tool-fold-graft.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/transcript-backfill.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/submit.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar_chat.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/de.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/es.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fr.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts` (+9 more)
- **#128865: fix(desktop): exclude compacted rows from stale guard**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/api/sessions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/stale-transcript-guard.ts`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #133338 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-05`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`