# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop sidebar pinned session visibility fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #37582: \[Bug\]: Desktop pinned search result does not appear when session is hidden from normal list

These issues and pull requests address bugs where pinned search sessions fail to appear or persist in the desktop sidebar, particularly when sessions fall outside the normal paginated list. Multiple related fixes cover fetching, rendering, and deduplication of pinned sessions.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #74234. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #74234 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.44`: 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

- #37582: \[Bug\]: Desktop pinned search result does not appear when session is hidden from normal list

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #51685: Pinned sessions disappear from sidebar — mergeSessionPage doesn't load them if they fall off the page

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#74234: Pins are server-owned, so they survive paging and follow you between apps**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/store/session-pin-sync.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-pin-sync.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `hermes_state.py`, `tests/test_hermes_state.py`
- **#37590: fix(desktop): render pinned search sessions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#74234`
- **#51700: fix(desktop): fetch missing pinned sessions on sidebar refresh (#51685)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#74234`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #74234 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-29`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`