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Desktop remote gateway connection flapping and WebSocket readiness issues

Cluster 37869 · apps/desktop. Data as of 2026-10-28 11:56 UTC

1 open item. Fix merged in #65885 on 16 Jul 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Known?: Yes. 15 related items grouped here, 8 issues already closed.
Fix event: A fix was merged to main in PR #65885. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker: The maintainers' tracker marks this partially resolved, deciding PR #65885. That is separate from the fix event.
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Most members concern Hermes Desktop in remote gateway mode, with reports of connection errors, reconnect loops, or fallback to the local backend even when the remote backend appears reachable. Related pull requests touch stale backend exit handling and WebSocket readiness checks; a couple of members (Host/Origin guard, CLI --insecure) are adjacent WebSocket topics.

Open issues0

No open issues.

Open PRs1

PR#39522fix(desktop): validate remote gateway websocket readiness

Fixes on record

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#65885 fix(desktop): preserve active connection across stale backend exits (supersedes #62308)

merged to main

files: apps/desktop/electron/backend-connection-state.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/backend-connection-state.ts, apps/desktop/electron/main.ts, apps/desktop/src/app/settings/gateway-settings.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/app/settings/gateway-settings.tsx

5 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 3 · superseded by another PR 1 · other 1

#17887 fix(cli): honor --insecure for dashboard WebSocket connections · other
#38292 fix(desktop): ignore stale backend exits · done elsewhere → 6feb40e, 39d0945
#40408 fix(security): bypass Host/Origin guard for authenticated WS connections (#38412, #40391) · done elsewhere → 6ed9a2d, dd28f2a, #38412
#41570 fix(desktop): increase WebSocket probe grace window from 750ms to 3s (fixes #41566) · superseded by another PR → 39d0945, #41566
#62308 fix(desktop): preserve active connection across stale backend exits · done elsewhere → #65885

Closed issues · 8

Closed#37869[Bug]: Desktop app shows remote connection failure while logs say remote backend is ready
Closed#38266[Bug]: Hermes Desktop 0.15.1 remote gateway enters reconnect loop after successful connection
Closed#38332Hermes Desktop remote gateway reaches backend but UI still shows startup error / falls back to local backend unless env-forced
Closed#38873Hermes Desktop remote gateway mode flaps back to local backend after successful remote readiness
Closed#40083Desktop: Electron renderer crash loop on remote gateway connection (v0.15.1)
Closed#40391[Bug]: Hermes Desktop Remote Gateway — connects to REST but fails WebSocket / flaps back to local
Closed#41566[Bug]: Desktop still shows 'Could not connect to Hermes gateway' after successful remote HTTPS/WSS verification
Closed#43904[Desktop v0.16.0] Remote backend "ready" but UI stuck on red error dialog, loops in reset/repair cycle

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Pairwise link density 0.09: the share of item 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.

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Subsystem: apps/desktop
Merged PRs: #65885
Closed issues: 8
Attempts: 5 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 16 Jul 2026

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