# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Terminal idle prompt duplication on app relaunch

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the terminal idle prompt duplicates and accumulates each time the app is relaunched, along with related fixes addressing prompt accumulation and current working directory behavior.

## 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 #63023. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #63023 (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-63023`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #61572: \[Bug\]: Terminal: idle prompt duplicates and accumulates on every app relaunch

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#63023: fix(desktop-terminal): fix idle prompt accumulation, double prompt, and cwd on relaunch**. 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/right-sidebar/terminal/instance.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/revive-buffer.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/terminals.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/terminals.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/use-terminal-session.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/workspace.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`
- **#61577: fix(desktop): prevent idle prompt accumulation on app relaunch**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#63023`
- **#61584: fix(desktop-terminal): prevent idle prompt accumulation on app relaunch**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#63023`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #63023 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-12`.