# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Live context-window usage updates in TUI/desktop status bar

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #18260: \[Bug\]: TUI status bar context window usage bar doesn't update during a turn — stale until message.complete
- PR #95014: fix(tui): live context-window estimate during thinking phases

These members share a theme: the context-window usage indicator in the TUI and desktop status bar reportedly stays stale during an active turn, with a bug report, a feature request, and several PRs addressing live updates. One PR also mentions todo indicators and tests, so it may cover slightly broader progress-indicator work.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86597. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86597 (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: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.34`: 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

- #18260: \[Bug\]: TUI status bar context window usage bar doesn't update during a turn — stale until message.complete

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #57748: \[Feature\]: Stream live context-window usage to the desktop/TUI status bar while a turn is running

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86597: fix(desktop,tui): salvage the live progress-indicator cluster (context gauge, todo indicators, tail-only tests)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/sidebar-states.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/e2e/tile-unread-bug.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/collapsed-indicator.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/usage.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/duplicate-stall-indicator.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/status-section.tsx`, `apps/shared/src/json-rpc-gateway.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_busy_input_mode.py`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tests/tools/test_todo_tool.py`, `tests/tools/test_todo_tool_type_coercion.py`, `tools/todo_tool.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/createGatewayEventHandler.ts`, `ui-tui/src/gatewayTypes.ts`
- **#52119: fix(tui,desktop): refresh context usage live during active turns**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86597`
- **#95014: fix(tui): live context-window estimate during thinking phases**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `4870e172a7`
  - files: `ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/liveContextEstimate.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/createGatewayEventHandler.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/liveContextEstimate.ts`, `ui-tui/src/gatewayTypes.ts`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86597 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`