# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows branch lane duplication fixes across components

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #71858: fix(projects): keep Windows main checkout in branch lane
- PR #71889: fix(tui_gateway): normalize lane roots so Windows main checkout isn't duplicated (#71837)

These issues and pull requests address a bug where the main checkout appears as a duplicate lane on Windows, caused by mismatches between backend lane IDs and frontend conventions. Fixes span the desktop UI, TUI gateway, and project backend layers.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #71837: fix(desktop): duplicate branch lanes in project sidebar on Windows — backend/frontend lane-id mismatch

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#71858: fix(projects): keep Windows main checkout in branch lane**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `ceb179163d767ebbf0f77e6ef7f1c93c7caa3c62`, `73e9230cd3fc`, `#75459`, `#68414`, `#71889`, `#71858`, `#53098`, `#53345`, `#55834`, `#58048`, `#53329`, `#59228`, `#62165`, `#61950`, `#63077`, `#63547`, `#64648`, `#65030`, `#65014`, `#57715`, `#61362`, `#68192`, `#71860`, `#71837`, `#77219`, `#374151`, `#64629`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_project_tree.py`, `tui_gateway/project_tree.py`
- **#71860: fix(desktop): reconcile backend main-lane ids with the frontend overlay convention (#71837)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#71889`, `#71858`
- **#71889: fix(tui_gateway): normalize lane roots so Windows main checkout isn't duplicated (#71837)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `2e80fcf40279`, `#71837`, `#71889`, `#53098`, `#53345`, `#58048`, `#55834`, `#53329`, `#59228`, `#62165`, `#61950`, `#63077`, `#63547`, `#64648`, `#64629`, `#65030`, `#65014`, `#68414`, `#71858`, `#71860`, `#75459`, `#77219`, `#374151`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_project_tree.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_projects_rpc.py`, `tui_gateway/git_probe.py`, `tui_gateway/project_tree.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`