# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop "While working" keep-awake allowing Windows sleep between agent turns

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #134434: \[Bug\]: Desktop keep-awake "While working" lets Windows sleep in the middle of an agent run
- PR #134781: fix(desktop): hold the while-working keep-awake blocker for a release grace after idle

One bug report describes Windows sleeping mid-agent-run despite the desktop "While working" keep-awake setting. Two pull requests propose holding the keep-awake blocker for a grace period (one mentions 5 minutes) after a turn ends or the app goes idle; their outcomes are not stated in the titles.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #134434: \[Bug\]: Desktop keep-awake "While working" lets Windows sleep in the middle of an agent run

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#134781: fix(desktop): hold the while-working keep-awake blocker for a release grace after idle**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/keep-awake-controller.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/keep-awake-controller.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/power-save.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/power-save.ts`
- **#138584: fix(desktop): keep the machine awake for 5 min after a turn ends, so unattended Windows can't sleep between turns (#134434, salvage #134781)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `ce3a27e68786947bf85fa9c85ca0ed3291ccd766`

## Fix status

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