# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop sidebar duplicate repo header deduplication fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a bug where the desktop sidebar displays the same repository header more than once, with fixes targeting session merge, deduplication, and ordering logic for persisted sidebar entries.

## 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 #86598. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86598 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #74131: \[Bug\]: Desktop sidebar shows the same repo header twice inside one project

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86598: fix(desktop): consistent sidebar session merge/dedup/order invariants (#47203, #73314, #85969, #86247)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/order.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/order.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-index.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/session-signatures.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/session-signatures.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#74132: fix(desktop): dedupe persisted sidebar order ids to stop duplicate repo headers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86598`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86598 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`