# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop keyboard shortcut to stop active runs

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #131275: \[Feature\]: Desktop keyboard shortcut to stop the active run (Ctrl+C, like the CLI/TUI)
- PR #131280: feat(desktop): add shortcut to stop active runs
- PR #131296: feat(desktop): Ctrl+C stops the active run; stopped replies render as regular messages
- PR #131424: feat(desktop): rebindable Ctrl+C session.stop hotkey to interrupt the active run

A feature request and related implementation work to add a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+C) in the desktop app that stops the currently active run, mirroring behavior from the CLI/TUI.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #131275: \[Feature\]: Desktop keyboard shortcut to stop the active run (Ctrl+C, like the CLI/TUI)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131280: feat(desktop): add shortcut to stop active runs**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `db727318347b03e10ff661489ec4ccc857ffb3db`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/stop-active-run.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/stop-active-run.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/actions.ts`
- **#131296: feat(desktop): Ctrl+C stops the active run; stopped replies render as regular messages**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `23515a33f3`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds-close-tab.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds-right-side.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds-session-stop.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds-tab-slot.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/reveal-focus.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/assistant-message.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/assistant-message.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/find-bar.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/combo.ts`
- **#131424: feat(desktop): rebindable Ctrl+C session.stop hotkey to interrupt the active run**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds-close-tab.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds-right-side.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds-tab-slot.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/reveal-focus.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/find-bar.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar_chrome.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/de.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/es.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fr.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/actions.ts`

## Fix status

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