# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop slash steer free-text input bug fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where the desktop /steer command incorrectly consumed or lost free-text input typed after the slash trigger. The fixes aim to preserve and keep editable any free-text arguments following steer completion.

## 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 #72768. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #72768 (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-72768`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #69953: \[Bug\]: Desktop /steer swallows the next typed word into the slash trigger instead of free text

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#72768: fix(desktop): keep free-text slash arguments editable**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-trigger.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-trigger.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.ts`
- **#70000: fix(desktop): preserve free text after steer completion**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#72768`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #72768 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-27`.