# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Clarify prompt rendering and UI redesign

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address bugs where clarify prompts fail to appear in the chat UI, and include a redesign of the clarify prompt component along with fixes for its input states and restoration of pending cards.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #94170. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #94170 (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-94170`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #53666: clarify tool prompts don't render in chat UI — user sees no question, replies empty

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#94170: fix(desktop): restore pending clarify cards after session switch (supersedes #90053)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/clarify-hydration.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/input-requests.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/restore-pending-clarify.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/restore-pending-clarify.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/clarify-tool.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/clarify-tool.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/tool-parts.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/clarify.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`
- **#53728: fix(desktop): render clarify prompts from gateway events**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#86596`, `#90053`
- **#90053: fix(desktop): restore pending clarify cards in place**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#94170`, `#93178`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #94170 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`