# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop default profile selection and gateway connectivity issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

One issue reports that a new Desktop session started from the default profile lands on the primary backend's profile (active-profile.json) instead of default. Two related pull requests address default-profile chat landing, preview restart, boot-time profile selection, and Desktop/TUI gateway access; the gateway one is a distinct but adjacent theme.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #139661. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #139661 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-139661`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #139298: Desktop: new session from the default profile lands on the primary backend's profile (active-profile.json), not default

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#139661: fix(gateway): Desktop and TUI can reach, start, restart and authenticate to the one gateway again (#139574, package 6)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/local-gateway-stale-restart-owner.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/local-gateway.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/local-gateway.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/canonical-create-options.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/canonical-producer-contract.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/canonical-protocol.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/canonical-protocol.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot-profile-pick.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/drain_control.py`, `gateway/run_api.py`, `gateway/run_bootstrap.py`, `gateway/run_runtime.py`, `gateway/run_shutdown.py`, `gateway/runtime_bootstrap_windows.py` (+39 more)
- **#139630: fix(desktop): a new chat with default picked lands in default; preview restart works; a profile picked during boot sticks (RT-26, TUI-12, T19)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#139661`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #139661 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-16`.