# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop GUI gateway switch toggle feature

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members concern adding a menu or button in the desktop application's titlebar or top-right corner to quickly switch between local, remote, and cloud gateway modes. All three items address the same feature from proposal to implementation.

## 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 #89719. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #89719 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #62878: \[Feature\]: Add a quick toggle button for local vs remote gateway in the top-right corner of the desktop GUI

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#89719: feat(desktop): Sessions workspace gains a registered-gateway switcher (#88307, salvage #88325)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/README.md`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-registry.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-registry.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/connection-switcher.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/connection-switcher.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/profile-rail-connect.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/profile-switcher.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/surfaces.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/surfaces.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/cron/cron-actions.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/cron/cron-actions.ts` (+30 more)
- **#63414: feat(desktop): add quick local/remote/cloud gateway toggle**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#63829: feat(desktop): titlebar local/remote/cloud gateway switch menu**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#89719`, `#88325`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #89719 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-19`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`