# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop context gauge display and staleness fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to bugs and fixes around the desktop context gauge, including stale or incorrect values showing during active or recovery turns, and progress indicator behavior. All members concern the accuracy and timing of context usage display.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86597. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86597 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #72453: \[Bug\]: Desktop context gauge shows the previous overflow while a recovery turn is running

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86507: fix(desktop): context gauge fills as soon as you turn it on**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/context-usage-panel.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/context-usage-panel.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-context-breakdown.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-statusbar-items.tsx`
- **#86597: fix(desktop,tui): salvage the live progress-indicator cluster (context gauge, todo indicators, tail-only tests)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/sidebar-states.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/e2e/tile-unread-bug.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/collapsed-indicator.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/usage.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/duplicate-stall-indicator.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/status-section.tsx`, `apps/shared/src/json-rpc-gateway.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_busy_input_mode.py`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tests/tools/test_todo_tool.py`, `tests/tools/test_todo_tool_type_coercion.py`, `tools/todo_tool.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/createGatewayEventHandler.ts`, `ui-tui/src/gatewayTypes.ts`
- **#72509: fix(desktop): hide stale context usage during active turns**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86597`, `#86507`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86597 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`