# NousResearch/hermes-agent · IME composition input bugs and fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address input method editor (IME) behavior across TUI, dashboard, and desktop surfaces, covering issues like preedit timing, placeholder visibility during composition, and Korean/Telex recomposition handling.

## 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 #86761. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86761 (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-86761`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #75960: \[Bug\]: Desktop IME preedit starts after visible composer placeholder

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86761: fix(tui,dashboard): consolidated IME input fixes — Korean/Telex recomposition, return-burst commits, PTY composition forwarding**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/baslam@users.noreply.github.com`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/parse-keypress-drop-probe.test.ts`, `ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/parse-keypress-noregress.test.ts`, `ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/parse-keypress.test.ts`, `ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/parse-keypress.ts`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/imeVietnameseTelex.test.tsx`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/textInputReturnBurst.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/textInputSubmitClear.test.tsx`, `ui-tui/src/components/textInput.tsx`, `web/src/lib/pty-composition.test.ts`, `web/src/lib/pty-composition.ts`, `web/src/pages/ChatPage.tsx`
- **#75964: fix(desktop): hide placeholder during IME composition**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#76429`, `#75960`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86761 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`