# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows desktop app repeatedly reconnecting with visible side effects

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Both members describe a reconnection loop in a desktop GUI or chat UI, apparently on Windows. One mentions a CLI subprocess window briefly appearing on each attempt, and the other mentions the chat UI flashing or re-rendering with a WebSocket reconnection loop. The titles alone don't establish whether they share a root cause.

## TL;DR

- 2 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix found: no merged or attempted fix PR is on record for this cluster.
- **Recommended:** if this matches your symptom, consider adding to the existing issue(s) below rather than opening a new one.

## 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 (`LLM_ONLY`): no structural link between members; the grouping rests entirely on an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Read the members yourself before treating them as one problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.36`: 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

- #53068: \[Bug\]: The GUI keeps attempting to reconnect; each reconnection attempt causes a CLI subprocess window to pop up and immediately close
- #53960: Desktop: Chat UI constantly flashing/re-rendering due to WebSocket reconnection loop (Windows)

## Fix status

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