# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Enter key behavior while app is busy

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #40602: fix(desktop): plain Enter while busy should steer, not just queue

A bug report and related fix attempts addressing how the desktop app handles plain Enter keypresses during busy state, where the expected behavior is steering rather than queuing.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #40424: \[Bug\]: Desktop app — plain Enter while busy queues instead of steering (Cmd+Enter required)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#40508: fix(desktop): plain Enter while busy should steer, not just queue**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#40602: fix(desktop): plain Enter while busy should steer, not just queue**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/types.ts`, `tools/web_tools.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`