# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stale effort/reasoning labels on desktop composer

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern stale or mismatched effort and reasoning-level labels appearing in the desktop composer, particularly during model switches or when the live effort state and request builder disagree. All three relate to the same class of label-staleness bug in the desktop UI.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #131310. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #131310 (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-131310`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #128871: \[Bug\]: Desktop shows XHigh→Max for gpt-6.1-sol while live effort and request builder resolve xhigh

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131310: fix(desktop): the reasoning pill no longer shows a stale clamp after a model switch (#128871, salvage #128883, #130963)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/reasoning-pill.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-model-controls.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-model-controls.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/model-presets.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/reasoning-effort-wire-scope.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session.ts`, `contributors/emails/khlopkov93@users.noreply.github.com`
- **#128877: fix(desktop): avoid stale effort wire labels during model switches**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `e2a02106cf`, `#128871`, `#131310`, `#128883`, `#130963`
- **#128883: fix(desktop): stop a stale reasoning wire level from labelling the composer**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#128871`, `#131310`, `#130963`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #131310 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-02`.