# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop sidebar toggle and layout bug fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to incorrect or inconsistent sidebar toggle behavior in the desktop app, particularly around pane-flipping and titlebar button positioning. At least one item describes a user-reported layout and sidebar issue on Mac desktop.

## 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 #128502. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #128502 (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-128502`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #66357: \[Bug\]: Layout management and side bars asylum in Mac Desktop App

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128502: fix(desktop): make the left titlebar toggle positional like the right**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/close-tab.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/titlebar-controls.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/open-session-refresh-in-place.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/profile-routing.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/layout.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/right-side-toggle.test.ts`
- **#66458: fix(desktop): swap sidebar toggle mappings when panes are flipped (#66357)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `4698f60bf0b0`, `#66357`, `#66458`, `#1`, `#15803`, `#14532`, `#6`, `#9`, `#374151`, `#4338`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #128502 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-01`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`