# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop startup profile validation fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #130944: Desktop startup pairs a local-only remembered profile with the remote primary
- PR #130948: fix(desktop): validate restored remote profile
- PR #130949: fix(desktop): validate startup profile on the selected gateway

These items address how the desktop application validates profiles during startup, particularly around matching remembered or restored profiles with the correct gateway. The work focuses on preventing mismatches between local and remote profile selection at launch.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #130944: Desktop startup pairs a local-only remembered profile with the remote primary

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130948: fix(desktop): validate restored remote profile**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `ec8a4492f5`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/store/connections.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/connections.ts`
- **#130949: fix(desktop): validate startup profile on the selected gateway**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `1c5bf5d180317e0f935e14de5519c1d6fa2d1681`, `c025ef9298680d20ac497f7077ff993fa6d0da7c`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/store/connections.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/startup-profile-restore.integration.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/startup-profile-restore.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/startup-profile-restore.ts`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`