# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Profile display name separate from internal ID

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A feature request and related implementation work to add a display name field to profiles, keeping it distinct from the internal profile ID. Covers CLI and agent profile renaming support.

## 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 #89027. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #89027 (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-89027`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #45624: Feature Request: Profile display name (separate from internal ID "default")

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#89027: feat(profiles): the default agent can be renamed — display name, id untouched (#45624)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/profile-rail-connect.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/profile-switcher.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/rename-profile-dialog.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/plugin.js`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `hermes_cli/slash_exec.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/profile.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/profiles.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_display_name.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_profiles.py`, `web/src/lib/api.ts` (+2 more)
- **#87760: feat(cli): profile display_name, separate from internal id (#45624)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a1682376ca`, `#89027`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #89027 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-18`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`