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Prevent duplicate projects sharing a primary path

Cluster 75820 · apps/desktop. Data as of 2026-10-29 11:48 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #86756 on 15 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These members address a bug where multiple projects with the same primary path cause duplicated sidebar lanes, covering backend rejection of duplicate creation and frontend deduplication with recency ordering and stale-lane eviction.

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#86756 fix(desktop): one lane per repo/folder — dedupe project lanes, recency order, stale-lane eviction

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files: apps/desktop/electron/git-worktree-ops.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/git-worktree-ops.ts, apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/workspace-groups.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/workspace-groups.ts, contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[email protected], hermes_cli/projects_db.py, hermes_state.py, hermes_state_common.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_projects_db.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_session_recovery_lost_and_found.py, tests/state/test_session_git_metadata_generation.py, tests/tui_gateway/test_project_tree.py, tests/tui_gateway/test_session_git_metadata_generation.py, tools/project_tools.py, tui_gateway/project_tree.py, tui_gateway/server.py

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From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

#75981 fix(projects): reject create when primary_path already owns a project · done elsewhere → #75820

Closed issues · 1

Closed#75820project_create should dedup by primary_path — duplicated projects multiply the sidebar lane bug (#71837)

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Subsystem: apps/desktop
Merged PRs: #86756
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 15 Aug 2026

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