# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Duplicate assistant reply bubble in desktop transcript

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #129993: \[Bug\]: Desktop: assistant reply is rendered twice in the transcript (duplicate bubble), while the persisted transcript has a single row
- PR #129994: fix(desktop): collapse final reply past tool rows

A bug causes the assistant's reply to appear twice in the desktop UI transcript, with accompanying fixes to drop duplicate assistant rows and collapse final replies past tool call rows.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #131758. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #131758 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #129993: \[Bug\]: Desktop: assistant reply is rendered twice in the transcript (duplicate bubble), while the persisted transcript has a single row

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131758: fix(desktop): render a tool turn once on switch-back; core e2e catches duplicated or misordered replies**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/core/README.md`, `apps/desktop/e2e/core/harness.ts`, `apps/desktop/e2e/core/oracle.ts`, `apps/desktop/e2e/core/provider.ts`, `apps/desktop/e2e/core/reply-settle-paths.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/e2e/core/switch-back-race.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.ts`
- **#129994: fix(desktop): collapse final reply past tool rows**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `fd66470f7d`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/collapse-duplicate-final.ts`
- **#131344: fix(desktop): drop duplicate assistant rows the same turn already carries**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#131758`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #131758 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-02`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`