# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop updater loses active profile and config settings

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the desktop updater drops the active-profile preference and config model settings, with related fixes targeting migration of legacy signals and preservation of those settings across updates.

## 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 #100514. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #100514 (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-100514`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #64160: \[Bug\]: Desktop updater drops active-profile preference and rewrites config model settings

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100514: fix(desktop/update): preserve active profile and config model settings across updates**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/profile-migration.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/profile-migration.ts`, `hermes_cli/backup.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_backup.py`
- **#64195: fix(desktop): migrate active profile preference from legacy signals on first boot**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `4980a5ceae`, `#100514`, `#64160`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #100514 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-01`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`