# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Sidebar WebSocket redial loop bug fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a regression where the dashboard chat sidebar enters an infinite redial loop after a WebSocket connection drop. Fixes involve resetting the redial budget only after a stable connection and ignoring replayed sidebar connection state.

## 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 #129397. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #129397 (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-129397`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #129393: \[Bug\]: Dashboard chat sidebar redial loops forever after one /api/ws drop (regression from #95951 fixes)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#129397: fix(web): ignore replayed sidebar connection state**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `web/src/components/ChatSidebar.test.tsx`, `web/src/components/ChatSidebar.tsx`
- **#132549: fix(web): reset the sidecar redial budget only after a stable open (#129393)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#1`, `#129397`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #129397 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-06`.