# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop transient boundary errors and stale edit context

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address two related desktop bugs: transient boundary errors that blank turns mid-stream, and the edit composer retaining stale context (cwd/gateway/sessionId). Fixes cover self-retry recovery and reactive context updates.

## 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 #81232. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #81232 (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-81232`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #72866: \[Bug\]: desktop thread: transient boundary error blanks a turn mid-stream, open edit composer keeps stale cwd/gateway/sessionId

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81232: fix(desktop): recover both boundaries from assistant-ui lookup races, reactive edit context**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/message-render-boundary.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/message-render-boundary.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/edit-context.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/error-boundary.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/error-boundary.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/main.tsx`
- **#72867: fix(desktop): self-retry transient boundary errors, reactive edit composer context**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#81232`, `#64310`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #81232 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-07`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`