# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop session creation compatibility with older backends

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to making desktop session creation more tolerant of older backends that do not support certain parameters, specifically around the cwd_explicit field. The work appears to involve a fix and a salvage of related changes.

## 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 #129573. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #129573 (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-129573`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #128971: \[Bug\]:

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#129573: Desktop session creation no longer fails against older backends that reject cwd_explicit (#128971, salvage #128972)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/session-create-request.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/session-create-request.ts`
- **#128972: fix(desktop): tolerate older session.create backends**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#129573`, `#122899`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #129573 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-30`.