# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Clarify prompt timing, design, and draft preservation

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #58783: \[Feature\]: Hermes Desktop :: Question does not give enough time to be answered, answer is erased
- PR #61431: fix(desktop): preserve clarify answer drafts
- PR #128532: fix(desktop): keep staged clarify answers across remounts and salvage them on turn unwind

These items address the clarify/question prompt in the desktop app, covering insufficient answer time, a redesign of the prompt and its input states, and preserving draft answers so they are not lost.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #58783: \[Feature\]: Hermes Desktop :: Question does not give enough time to be answered, answer is erased

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#61431: fix(desktop): preserve clarify answer drafts**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/clarify-draft-recovery.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/todo-cleanup.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/clarify-tool.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/clarify-tool.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/clarify.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/clarify.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/composer.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/composer.ts`
- **#128532: fix(desktop): keep staged clarify answers across remounts and salvage them on turn unwind**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/clarify-draft-recovery.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/input-requests.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/message-stream.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/session-info.ts`, `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/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/clarify/pending.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/clarify-draft-recovery.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/clarify.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/composer.ts`

## Fix status

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