# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop projects UI refresh and visibility issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items cover the introduction of first-class project support in the desktop app and a related bug where projects created programmatically or via tools do not appear in the sidebar until a manual refresh is triggered.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #122835. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122835 (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-122835`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.34`: 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

- #56757: \[Bug\]: Projects created via CLI/tooling don't appear in Projects UI until manual refresh
- #60954: \[Desktop 0.18.2\] project_create writes to projects.db successfully but sidebar shows no project entry

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122835: fix(gateway): broadcast projects.changed when projects.db moves**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_change_watcher.py`, `tui_gateway/change_watcher.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/events.py`
- **#122934: fix(gateway): broadcast projects.changed so CLI-created projects surface in the desktop UI**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/lifecycle.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/live-sync.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `tui_gateway/change_watcher.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/events.py`
- **#56760: fix(desktop): refresh projects after project tools**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122835 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`