# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop keyboard shortcuts and hotkey improvements

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern adding and refining keyboard shortcuts in the desktop app, including an archive-session hotkey, modifier-click support, and fixes to various keybinding behaviors.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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 #86767. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86767 (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-86767`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #59308: \[Feature\] Add keyboard shortcut for archiving sessions in Desktop app

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86767: fix(desktop): salvage the shortcuts/keybindings cluster — typed-N hijack, PgUp/PgDn, HUD snap disposal, platform hints, archive hotkey, F12 toggle**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row-gesture.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row-gesture.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/review/ship-bar.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/config-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/titlebar-controls.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/actions.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/combo.test.ts` (+10 more)
- **#59759: feat(desktop): archive the current session via hotkey and ⌥+⇧-click**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86767`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86767 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`