# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop profile switch disrupts active async delegates

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern a bug where switching Desktop profiles cancels active async delegations, with related gateway changes to preserve delegates during session reaping.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #77019. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #77019 (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-77019`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #69227: \[Bug\]: Switching Desktop profiles cancels active async delegation after 20 seconds

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#77019: fix(gateway): preserve delegates during session reaping (#69227)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tests/tools/test_async_delegation.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_protocol.py`, `tools/async_delegation.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#69363: \[Bug\]: Switching Desktop profiles cancels active async delegation afte**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#75715`, `#75798`
- **#75715: fix(gateway): preserve delegates during session reaping**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `9667236ccbee9fb139431b41ab9a43b84818029e`, `#77019`, `#69363`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #77019 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-02`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`