# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Terminal/logs tab close behavior fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and a related fix address how the logs and terminal pane tabs are closed in the desktop app, specifically that closing should remove the tab rather than merely minimizing it. There is also a related proposal to restrict the logs pane to keyboard-only access.

## 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 #75873. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #75873 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #65985: \[Bug\]: Desktop Terminal/Logs tab “Close” only minimizes and leaves the tab behind

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#75563: Close the terminal and logs tabs like any other tab**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/close-tab.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/close-tab.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/controller.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/tool-panel-close.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/tree-group.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/store.ts`
- **#75873: Make the logs pane cmd+K-only — never auto-opened, never a standing tab**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/controller.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/panes.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/store.ts`
- **#66093: fix(desktop): pane-tab "Close" removes the tab instead of only minimizing (fixes #65985)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#75563`, `#75873`, `#65985`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #75873 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-01`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`