# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop pinned sessions lost on restart or update

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #38858: \[Bug\]: Hermes Desktop pinned sessions are unpinned after app restart

Multiple bug reports and fixes address pinned sessions being cleared or not persisted across Desktop app restarts, updates, and sleep/wake cycles. Fixes cover state persistence, empty-array edge cases, and related session handling issues.

## TL;DR

- 10 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 4 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #91315. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #91315 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.14`: 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

- #38858: \[Bug\]: Hermes Desktop pinned sessions are unpinned after app restart

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #52953: Bug: Pinned sessions disappear after Desktop app restart
- #55616: Desktop on macOS lost all pinned sessions while state.db remained intact
- #56152: \[Bug\]: hermes.desktop.pinnedSessions cleared on every desktop app startup — pins do not persist across restarts
- #63027: Desktop: Pinned sessions disappear after app update

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#55622: fix(desktop): preserve pinned sessions key on empty array to prevent permanent loss**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#56152`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#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`
- **#91315: fix(desktop): don't re-list a just-unpinned session under Pinned**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-index.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-pin-sync.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-pin-sync.ts`
- **#39360: fix(desktop): restore pinned sessions after restart**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#74234`
- **#98972: fix(desktop): retry a failed unpin instead of resurrecting the pin**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `524b062289`, `#91315`, `#89700`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #91315 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-21`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`