# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop routing fixes for remote profile switching

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address the desktop client incorrectly retaining or routing gateway status, update indicators, and REST calls to the wrong backend when switching between remote profiles.

## 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 #122896. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122896 (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-122896`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #62770: \[Bug\]: Desktop retains the previous backend's update indicator after switching remote profiles

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122896: fix(desktop): re-check backend updates when the remote target or profile changes**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.ts`
- **#62815: fix(desktop): re-check backend updates when switching between two remote profiles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `406ec797dd`, `83bbf8a5a2`, `#122896`, `#62770`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122896 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-25`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`