# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Dashboard connection and launch failure handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #71349: \[Bug\]: Dashboard chat stuck in "reconnecting" state after model switch — WebSocket handshake succeeds but UI never becomes usable
- PR #133990: fix(dashboard): surface the PTY 1011 close reason in the start-failed overlay

These items address dashboard issues around WebSocket reconnection state after model switching, reusing built TUI components, and surfacing PTY close reasons in failure overlays. The common thread is improving how the dashboard handles and communicates connection or launch failures to the user.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #71349: \[Bug\]: Dashboard chat stuck in "reconnecting" state after model switch — WebSocket handshake succeeds but UI never becomes usable

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#71625: fix(dashboard): reuse built TUI and report launch failures**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#133990: fix(dashboard): surface the PTY 1011 close reason in the start-failed overlay**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `cb7c758d2b2536d0f306cf0e21b39c634ed5a4d1`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_routers/chat_ws.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_pty_start_fail_reason.py`, `web/src/lib/pty-close-copy.test.ts`, `web/src/lib/pty-close-copy.ts`, `web/src/pages/ChatPage.test.tsx`, `web/src/pages/ChatPage.tsx`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`