# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Browser guard incorrectly rejects focused session tiles

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #133421: \[Bug\]\[Desktop\]: browser session guard rejects the genuinely focused chat tile (primary vs focused identity)
- PR #133437: fix(desktop): let the focused session tile pass the foreground guard
- PR #133448: fix(desktop): honor focused session tiles in browser guard
- PR #138070: fix(desktop): route browser actions through the focused conversation

A bug where the browser session foreground guard fails to recognize the genuinely focused chat tile, conflating primary and focused session identity. The accompanying fixes update the guard logic to correctly allow focused session tiles through.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #133421: \[Bug\]\[Desktop\]: browser session guard rejects the genuinely focused chat tile (primary vs focused identity)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#133437: fix(desktop): let the focused session tile pass the foreground guard**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/server-requests.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/server-requests.ts`
- **#133448: fix(desktop): honor focused session tiles in browser guard**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/preview-focused-session.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/server-requests.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/server-requests.ts`
- **#138070: fix(desktop): route browser actions through the focused conversation**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/server-requests-preview-focus.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/server-requests.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/server-requests.ts`

## Fix status

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