# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop app not refreshing externally created or updated sessions

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #48742: fix(web): refresh expanded session transcripts
- PR #72314: fix(dashboard): poll for new messages in active sessions

Most members describe the desktop app (and in a few cases web/dashboard/TUI) not showing sessions or messages created or appended externally, such as by Telegram, Discord, Signal, or cron gateways, without a restart or refresh. They include bug reports, a feature request, and proposed fixes involving polling or refreshing session lists and transcripts; one member concerns a separate duplicate/lost assistant reply stream cluster.

## TL;DR

- 20 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 10 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 6 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #115710. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115710 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.08`: 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

- #37919: Desktop: session list doesn't auto-refresh when sessions are created externally (cron/scheduled jobs)
- #38270: Desktop app does not surface live Telegram gateway sessions until restart/refresh
- #38683: \[Bug\]: Telegram gateway sessions do not refresh in desktop session list until app restart
- #41827: Desktop app sidebar doesn't auto-refresh when gateway creates new sessions (Discord/Telegram/cron)
- #42706: Desktop sidebar doesn't refresh when new sessions are created from external platforms
- #42962: Desktop active session does not refresh after same session is updated from Telegram
- #43625: \[Feature\]: Desktop App — Live message sync from other platforms (Telegram, Discord etc.)
- #48702: Desktop app doesn't show Telegram session messages in real-time
- #52308: Desktop/TUI session view does not show messages arriving from gateway platforms
- #53563: Desktop chat timeline does not refresh externally appended gateway/Signal messages

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86588: fix(desktop): salvage duplicate/lost assistant reply stream cluster (#84296, #76583, #82843, #86299)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/interim-sealing.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#115710: Desktop/TUI: the next prompt sees turns Telegram or cron appended to the session (#42962)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_out_of_band_history_adoption.py`, `tui_gateway/prompt_turn.py`
- **#38283: fix(desktop): refresh external gateway sessions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `52d0d671e79ec1d5727881a6e8519332d04c1a07`
- **#41840: fix(desktop): poll session list for gateway-created sessions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `52d0d671e79ec1d5727881a6e8519332d04c1a07`, `#41827`
- **#41845: fix(desktop): poll external gateway sessions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `52d0d671e79ec1d5727881a6e8519332d04c1a07`
- **#42975: fix(desktop): refresh cached session messages when externally updated**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `5a23ab513c`, `83f6c77ae8`, `25a43ddfb3`, `#86588`, `#115710`
- **#48742: fix(web): refresh expanded session transcripts**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `web/src/pages/SessionsPage.tsx`
- **#53592: fix(desktop): refresh active session for external messages**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `52d0d671e79ec1d5727881a6e8519332d04c1a07`
- **#72314: fix(dashboard): poll for new messages in active sessions**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `web/src/pages/SessionsPage.tsx`
- **#86299: fix(desktop): refresh active transcript on session changes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86588`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115710 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`