# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix todo step ordering and progress indicator bugs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where todo progression could skip ahead while earlier steps remain pending, along with related fixes to live progress indicators and context gauges in desktop and TUI interfaces.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86597. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86597 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-86597`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #42649: \[Bug\]: Desktop todo progression can jump to a later step while an earlier step remains pending after a blocked action

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86597: fix(desktop,tui): salvage the live progress-indicator cluster (context gauge, todo indicators, tail-only tests)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/sidebar-states.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/e2e/tile-unread-bug.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/collapsed-indicator.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/usage.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/duplicate-stall-indicator.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/status-section.tsx`, `apps/shared/src/json-rpc-gateway.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_busy_input_mode.py`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tests/tools/test_todo_tool.py`, `tests/tools/test_todo_tool_type_coercion.py`, `tools/todo_tool.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/createGatewayEventHandler.ts`, `ui-tui/src/gatewayTypes.ts`
- **#42908: fix(todo): keep active step ahead of pending rows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86597`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86597 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `agent`