# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Collapse thinking blocks by default UI setting

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to adding a display setting that collapses AI thinking/reasoning blocks by default. The cluster also touches adjacent UI quality-of-life changes like session list density and panel toggles.

## 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 #86771. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86771 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #69161: \[Feature\]: Add "collapse thinking/reasoning blocks by default" display setting (Desktop)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86771: feat(ui): collapse & density QoL cluster — session-list density, thinking collapse behavior, chevron fixes, web side-panel toggle**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row-details.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row-details.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/virtual-session-list.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/virtual-session-list.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/appearance-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/message-parts.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/streaming.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/floating-panes.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/floating-panes.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/tree-group.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/tree-group.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/runtime.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/reasoning-disclosure.ts` (+17 more)
- **#69217: feat(desktop): collapse thinking by default**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86771`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86771 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`