# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Webapp folder preferences leaking across profiles

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members concern the webapp's folder preferences and default folders being associated with the wrong profile. One is a bug report that a new chat or tab can start in another profile's default folder, and two are identically titled pull requests about keeping folder prefs with the owning profile.

## 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 #145113. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #145113 (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-145113`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #144679: \[Bug\]: A Webapp new chat or tab can start in another profile's default folder

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#145113: fix(webapp): keep folder prefs with the profile that owns them**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/create-profile-dialog.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/create-profile-dialog.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/browser-profile-folder.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/restore-pending-clarify.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/runtime-owner.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/sessions-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/browser-connection.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/browser-profile-prefs.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/browser-profile-prefs.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/browser-profile.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/browser-settings.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/browser-startup-profile.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/platform.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/create-agent-lazy-profile.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/create-dialog.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/profile-ops.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/profile-ops.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/profile-local.ts` (+8 more)
- **#144678: fix(webapp): keep folder prefs with the profile that owns them**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#145113`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #145113 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-26`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`