# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop app not honoring --profile CLI argument at launch

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #43689: fix(desktop): honor --profile CLI argument on app launch

Members report that the desktop app appears to start with the default profile even when a profile is given via --profile or -p, with one noting possible overwriting of CLI sessions. Two members are fixes related to passing the profile argument into desktop launch; their outcome is not established here.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #121523. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121523 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-121523`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.39`: 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

- #43571: \[Setup\]: Desktop app ignores --profile CLI argument, always boots as "default" — overwrites CLI sessions
- #66397: \[Bug\]: hermes -p <profile name> desktop always starts the default profile

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121523: fix(desktop): forward --profile into the packaged desktop launch**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/launch-profile.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/launch-profile.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_bundled_desktop_launch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_profile_launch.py`
- **#43689: fix(desktop): honor --profile CLI argument on app launch**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `39d09453f95e`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/cli-profile-override.cjs`, `apps/desktop/electron/cli-profile-override.test.cjs`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.cjs`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121523 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`