# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Multi-session CPU/RAM and polling performance issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug report and related fixes addressing high CPU/RAM usage and session stalling in multi-session desktop scenarios, including a specific issue where hidden chat tiles trigger unnecessary frequent process list polling.

## 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 #106603. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106603 (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-106603`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #73287: \[Bug\]\[Desktop\]: Multi-session (>3) high CPU/RAM; sessions stall/pause and need manual window focus (esp. remote client)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106603: fix(desktop): hidden chat tiles stop polling process.list every 5s (#73287, salvage #102366)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/polling-guard.test.tsx`
- **#102366: fix: \[Bug\]\[Desktop\]: Multi-session (>3) high CPU/RAM; sessions stall/pause and need manual window focus (esp. remote client) (#73287)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `84e1761725d052e9b5e7d527d01bacd79555875e`, `#106603`, `#73287`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106603 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`