# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop branch-from-message Hermes session forking

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #40950: \[Feature\]: Desktop fork-from-message should use Hermes-native session branching
- PR #40973: feat(desktop): back branch-from-message with Hermes-native session forks (#40950)

These items concern implementing and fixing Hermes-native session branching when forking from a message on desktop, including a reported defect where branched sessions lack a parent reference and history copy.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.45`: 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

- #40950: \[Feature\]: Desktop fork-from-message should use Hermes-native session branching

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #66685: bug(desktop): session branch creates unlinked orphan — no parent_session_id, no history copy

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#40973: feat(desktop): back branch-from-message with Hermes-native session forks (#40950)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `a2d7fc32c`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/fork-workflow.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/e2e/mock-server.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/fork-origin-banner.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/fork-origin-banner.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile-actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/slash.ts`, `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/components/assistant-ui/thread/assistant-message.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/user-message.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts` (+14 more)

## Fix status

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