# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop session recovery for file and RPC operations

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a 'session not found' error when pasting files in the desktop GUI, and introduce retry/recovery logic to restore stale runtime sessions for file attachments and other session-scoped RPC calls.

## 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 #81261. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #81261 (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-81261`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #61285: Desktop GUI: file paste shows "session not found" error — file.attach lacks session-resume retry logic

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81261: fix(desktop): recover every session-scoped RPC after a stale runtime-session drop**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile-actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/rewind.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/slash.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/submit.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/utils.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/utils.ts`
- **#61440: fix(desktop): recover session for file attachments**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#81261`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #81261 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-07`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`