# NousResearch/hermes-agent · sidebar session clicks ignored on non-Chat tabs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where clicking a chat session in the sidebar has no effect when a non-Chat tab (Skills & Tools, Plugins, Artifacts) is the active view. Several fixes address navigating to the correct session when switching from these tabs.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #71901. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #71901 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.36`: 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

- #66875: \[Bug\]: Latest session does not switch after navigating to Plugins/Artifacts tab and back
- #68302: \[Bug\]: Clicking a sidebar session has no effect while Skills & Tools is the active view

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#71901: fix(desktop): clicking the active session from a full page returns to the chat**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.ts`
- **#66880: fix(desktop): switch to chat when resuming the open session from a full-page tab (#66875)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ecf8ef970`, `ecf8ef970`, `#66875`, `#71901`, `#66875`
- **#67331: fix(desktop): navigate to session when clicking most-recent from non-Chat tab**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#66880`
- **#68326: fix(desktop): open chats from the skills view**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `ecf8ef970ee137e55c1fcf4028ca9affef767db9`, `#71901`, `#66880`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #71901 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-26`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`