# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop new session project directory routing fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes addressing how desktop sessions determine and honor the correct project directory, particularly when using remote or gateway connections. The issues and patches focus on consistent behavior between local and remote modes for new session placement.

## 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 #100644. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #100644 (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-100644`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #57911: Desktop sessions land in wrong project with remote gateway

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100644: fix(desktop): bare new sessions start detached in remote mode too (salvage #57926)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/store/projects.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session.ts`
- **#57926: fix(desktop): make workspaceCwdForNewSession behave identically in local and remote mode**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100644`
- **#83638: fix(desktop): stop landing bare new chats in a stale remote workspace…**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#57926`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #100644 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-01`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`