# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop sidebar scroll flicker and memoization fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug report and related fix attempts addressing continuous flickering or jitter when scrolling the desktop sessions list, approached by memoizing sidebar flat rows and row renderers to reduce virtualizer thrashing.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #77328. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #77328 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #73629: \[Bug\]: Desktop Sessions list continuous flicker/jitter while scrolling (Win11; not on Win10)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#77328: fix(desktop): memoize sidebar flatRows and row renderers (#75714 salvage)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/sessions-section.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/sessions-section.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/virtual-session-list.tsx`
- **#73674: fix(desktop): memoize sidebar flatRows and row renderers to prevent virtualizer thrash**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#75714`
- **#75714: fix(desktop): memoize sidebar flatRows and row renderers to prevent s…**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#77328`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #77328 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-03`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`