# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Branched session creation and message handling fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to bugs and fixes around branched sessions on the desktop, specifically issues with where sessions load and messages being silently lost when initiating a branched session. The fixes address backend routing and draft resume fallback behavior.

## 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 #100879. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #100879 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #70360: Desktop: sending first message into a branched session silently drops it (blank/disappears, session never created, message lost) — intermittent, no console output

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100879: fix(desktop): a branched session loads on the backend that owns its parent**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile-owner-route.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile-owner.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile-owner.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/branch-owner-routing.integration.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/resolve-stored-session.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-list-actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states-foreground-scopes.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.ts`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_projects_rpc.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_config.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_session.py`, `tui_gateway/project_tree.py`
- **#70419: fix(desktop): fall through to create when branch draft resume fails (#70360)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100879`, `#93959`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #100879 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`