# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Terminal overlay issues in Focus layout

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug in the desktop Focus layout where the terminal pane expands into a full-window overlay, obscuring the chat and sidebar. Fixes target keeping chat in front of the terminal and hiding the terminal overlay when its pane loses focus.

## 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 #81019. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #81019 (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-81019`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #71407: \[Bug\]\[Desktop\]: Focus layout — terminal pane expands to full-window overlay, cannot click back to chat or sidebar

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81019: fix(desktop): keep the chat in front of the terminal in Focus layout**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/persistent.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/persistent.tsx`, `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/components/pane-shell/pane-visibility.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/store.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/tool-pane-toggle.test.ts`
- **#71457: fix(desktop): hide terminal overlay when its pane becomes inactive**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#81019`, `#71407`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #81019 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-07`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`