# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop New Project dialog and pathless project creation

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #134283: \[Bug\]\[Desktop\] New Project UI requires a folder even though \`project_create\` supports pathless projects
- PR #137861: fix(desktop): New Project dialog allows a pathless create, matching the backend

The members concern the desktop New Project dialog requiring a folder path, while the backend \`project_create\` is described as supporting projects without one. Two titles are fix proposals to let the dialog allow a pathless create, and one is a bug report; their outcomes are not stated.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #134283: \[Bug\]\[Desktop\] New Project UI requires a folder even though \`project_create\` supports pathless projects

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#135692: fix(desktop): New Project dialog allows a pathless create, matching t…**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#137861`
- **#137861: fix(desktop): New Project dialog allows a pathless create, matching the backend**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/project-dialog.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/project-dialog.tsx`

## Fix status

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