# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Async background delegation results not surfacing in UI

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A cluster of bugs, fixes, and a feature around async background subagent delegation, focusing on results from background tasks not appearing in desktop and web UIs without a restart. Includes related fixes for session refresh, gateway pinning, and notification polling.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 3 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 #122859. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122859 (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-122859`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.31`: 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

- #53186: \[Bug\]: Desktop app doesn't show async delegation (background subagent) results until restart
- #53187: \[Bug\]: Desktop app doesn't show async delegation (background subagent) results until restart
- #57444: Desktop app: /background completed tasks never show result panel

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122859: fix(desktop): deliver /background results to the originating conversation**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/background-complete-event.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/status.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/slash.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.ts`
- **#53188: fix(desktop): refresh session list when async delegation completes in background**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122859 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`