# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop unread dot read-state fixes and overhaul

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address bugs with the completed-unread green dot on desktop, including incorrect clearing behavior for tiled sessions and keying read state on the focused session. A broader overhaul addresses persistence, manual mark-unread, and related edge cases.

## 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 #86772. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86772 (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-86772`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #74142: \[Bug\]: Desktop — the completed-unread green dot never clears for a session open as a tile

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86772: fix(desktop): unread-dot read-state overhaul — correct clears, restart persistence, manual mark-unread (salvages #74162 #74293 #76504 #82824 #84822)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/unread-dot-restart.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-actions-menu.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-actions-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx`, `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.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/virtual-session-list.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/controller.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/open-session.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/sessions-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts` (+23 more)
- **#74162: fix(desktop): key the completed-unread dot on the focused session, not the selected one**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86772`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86772 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`