# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop config option to start fresh instead of resuming

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern adding a Desktop setting (referenced as display.resume_last_session) so the app can open a new chat rather than reopening the last session, similar to the TUI's tui_auto_resume_recent option. The members include an issue describing the missing toggle and two feature PRs referencing #60812, one noted as a salvage of #60816.

## 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 #101304. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101304 (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-101304`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #60812: Desktop: no config toggle to start fresh instead of resuming last session (TUI has tui_auto_resume_recent, Desktop doesn't)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101304: feat(desktop): Desktop can start on a fresh chat instead of reopening the last one (#60812, salvage #60816)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/appearance-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#60816: feat(desktop): add display.resume_last_session config toggle (#60812)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `648c664eb3`, `#101304`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101304 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`