# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop app restoring last chat versus starting new chat

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern how the desktop app handles session restore on relaunch, including whether it reopens the previous chat or starts fresh, and the right rail state. One is an issue report and two are pull requests, but this label does not assume their current status or outcomes.

## 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 #101304. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101304 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #67859: Desktop: relaunch restores old chat even after quitting on New chat (lastSessionId fallback); right rail reopens

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101304: feat(desktop): Desktop can start on a fresh chat instead of reopening the last one (#60812, salvage #60816)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/appearance-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#67906: fix(desktop): preserve new-chat and rail restore intent (#67859)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#67859`, `#101304`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101304 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`