# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop stale remote connection handling fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address scenarios where the desktop client incorrectly uses or reacts to outdated remote connections, including stale backend exits, stale connection attempts, and false reauthentication triggers after settings changes.

## 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 #87873. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #87873 (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-87873`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #65938: Desktop can use an old remote connection after settings change

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#87873: fix(desktop): ignore stale remote connection attempts (salvage of #65943)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/backend-connection-state.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-connection-state.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#65943: fix(desktop): ignore stale remote connection attempts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#87873`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #87873 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-16`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`