# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Profile rail not updating after deletion or changes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address the desktop profile rail failing to reflect changes—particularly deletions—made through the Manage Profiles interface. The work involves syncing the global profile store and stopping stale respawns so the rail stays current.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #49289: \[Bug\]: Deleted profile icon persists in Desktop profile rail after deletion from Manage Profiles

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#49335: fix(desktop): refresh profile rail after deletion (#49289)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#57329`, `#52301`, `#47368`, `#49289`
- **#49349: fix(desktop): sync global profile store after Manage Profiles mutations**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#49335`

## Fix status

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