# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop profile session scoping and sidebar display

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to a bug where desktop profiles incorrectly mix or lose messaging sessions when switching, and work to scope sessions per profile and show all profiles in the sidebar.

## 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 #83052. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #83052 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #70629: \[Bug\]: Concrete Desktop profiles mix Messaging sessions and can appear empty after switching

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#83052: Sidebar: show every profile at once**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/close-tab.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/pr-tag.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/chrome.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/cron-jobs-section.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/filter-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/order.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/order.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/overview-row.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/overview-row.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/workspace-group.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/workspace-groups.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/workspace-groups.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/virtual-session-list.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/latest-actions.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/latest-actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-list-actions.ts` (+16 more)
- **#70630: fix(desktop): scope sessions to selected profile**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#83052`, `#70629`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #83052 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-10`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`