# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop /goal and slash command session targeting issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members all concern the desktop app's handling of slash commands, especially /goal, with topics including which chat or session receives the command, a submit that reportedly doesn't reach the backend after /goal, and kickoff behavior when busy. One is a bug report and the others are fix-titled changes; their outcomes are not established by the titles.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #71632. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #71632 (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-71605`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #63352: \[Bug\]: Desktop submit fails after /goal; local session row created but message never reaches backend

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#71605: fix(desktop): slash commands target the user's chat, not a new session**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/resolve-target-session.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/resolve-target-session.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/slash.ts`
- **#71632: fix(desktop): /goal kickoff queues when busy instead of vanishing**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/slash.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.ts`
- **#63376: fix(desktop): reuse slash-created runtime session after /goal**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `584b274495`, `#71605`, `#63352`, `#68776`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #71632 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-25`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`