# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop sidebar nested project scoping work

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #134012: \[Bug\]: Desktop nested-project leak persists after owner-map fix: RepoFlatSection re-overlays unscoped live sessions
- PR #134075: fix(desktop): preserve project ownership at the leaf live overlay
- PR #135690: feat(desktop): nested projects in the sidebar, and chats filed under the repo they landed in

These members concern adding nested project grouping to the desktop sidebar and a series of fixes addressing ownership and scoping bugs that emerged from that feature. The work involves both the initial implementation and iterative corrections to live session overlay behavior.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #134012: \[Bug\]: Desktop nested-project leak persists after owner-map fix: RepoFlatSection re-overlays unscoped live sessions

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#134075: fix(desktop): preserve project ownership at the leaf live overlay**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `38880bd2f1e90dbc9a1aeec03af62539ee64719a`, `818c13be1dc4fd28987e1e881a9408224afd4535`, `5077a3c16b237383d83b1037b169d592acc21cdc`, `5077a3c16b`, `#134012`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/entered-content.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/workspace-groups.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/sessions-section-new-session-drag.test.tsx`
- **#135690: feat(desktop): nested projects in the sidebar, and chats filed under the repo they landed in**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#73888`, `#64615`, `#128438`, `#134012`, `#81216`, `#48190`, `#81216`, `#105511`, `#106162`, `#70444`, `#133675`, `#107075`, `#115402`, `#65004`, `#93625`, `#119448`, `#107115`, `#114038`, `#88209`
  - files: `.env.example`, `.github/workflows/blob-size-check.yml`, `.github/workflows/bootstrap-installer.yml`, `.github/workflows/case-collision-check.yml`, `.github/workflows/ci.yaml`, `.github/workflows/contributor-check.yml`, `.github/workflows/desktop-bundled-release.yml`, `.github/workflows/docker-lint.yml`, `.github/workflows/docker.yml`, `.github/workflows/docs-search-monitor.yml`, `.github/workflows/docs-site-checks.yml`, `.github/workflows/e2e-desktop-core.yml`, `.github/workflows/e2e-desktop-update.yml`, `.github/workflows/e2e-desktop.yml`, `.github/workflows/history-check.yml`, `.github/workflows/icons-freshness-check.yml`, `.github/workflows/infographic-check.yml`, `.github/workflows/install-e2e-macos-run.yml`, `.github/workflows/install-e2e-run.yml`, `.github/workflows/install-e2e-windows-run.yml` (+2977 more)

## Fix status

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