# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop shared-metrics IPC missing-handler re-invocation reports and fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #136329: Desktop: repeated "No handler registered" for shared-metrics IPC when the running app predates the source tree
- PR #136501: fix(desktop): stop re-invoking ready: shared-metrics IPC re-invoke fix

The members concern the desktop app repeatedly invoking a shared-metrics IPC channel for which the running main process has no registered handler, producing "No handler registered" errors, apparently when the running app predates the source tree. Two titles are fix-style changes aimed at stopping the re-invocation, and one is an issue describing the repeated error.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #136329: Desktop: repeated "No handler registered" for shared-metrics IPC when the running app predates the source tree

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#136330: fix(desktop): stop re-invoking shared-metrics IPC the running main never registered**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#136501: fix(desktop): stop re-invoking ready: shared-metrics IPC re-invoke fix**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/lib/optional-ipc.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/desktop-metrics.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/desktop-metrics.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/shared-metrics.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/shared-metrics.ts`

## Fix status

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