# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop renderer OOM and frame-rate churn fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a recurring renderer out-of-memory crash on desktop, traced partly to session-state heartbeat churn, alongside related work to maintain 60fps under load and reduce unnecessary re-renders.

## 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 #72388. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #72388 (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-72388`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #69016: Desktop renderer memory leak: render process OOM-killed (render-process-gone, exitCode -36861) roughly every 60s

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#72388: perf(desktop): hold 60fps under load — salvage three render-churn fixes + finish the selector sweep**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/session-windows.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/session-windows.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/model-picker-overlay.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/pet-overlay/pet-overlay-app.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/persistent.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/persistent.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/delta-flush.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-state-cache.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-statusbar-items.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread-remount.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pet/pet-sprite.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pet/pet-sprite.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pet/use-pet-roam.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pet/use-pet-roam.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/renderer-loop-pause.ts` (+2 more)
- **#69030: fix(desktop): stop renderer OOM from session.info heartbeat churn on $sessionStates**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#69016`, `#69014`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #72388 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-27`.