# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop session switching transcript flicker fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a visual flicker that occurs when switching between sessions on desktop, specifically related to how transcripts are loaded from persisted pages. Multiple approaches and fixes are represented across the group.

## 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 #97293. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #97293 (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-97293`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #73646: Desktop: switching sessions causes a brief flicker before settling on the selected session

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97293: fix(desktop): stop session-switch transcript flicker (supersedes #96130, #82899)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/thread-loading.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/thread-loading.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/profile-rail-fresh-chat-owner.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/transcript-provenance.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/transcript-provenance.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-state-cache.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/list.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/list.tsx`
- **#100303: perf(sessions): open desktop transcripts from authoritative persisted pages**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #97293 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-28`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`