# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop messaging settings routed to wrong profile

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where Desktop Messaging Platforms settings edits are applied to the primary/default profile instead of the active selected profile, along with associated fixes to route those settings correctly.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #88755. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #88755 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #76899: \[Bug\]: Desktop Messaging Platforms settings ignore profile scope — edits land in the primary/default profile while 'restart gateway' restarts the selected one

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#88755: feat(desktop): shared 'Applies to' profile scope across settings pages and Messaging**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/messaging/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/messaging/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/config-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/env-credentials.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/keys-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/memory/connect.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/memory/provider-config-modal.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/memory/provider-config-panel.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/profile-scope.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/profile-scope.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/voice-provider-fields.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`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/cron-model-impact.ts` (+2 more)
- **#76913: fix(desktop): route messaging settings to active profile**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `7999ac6e3d5`, `aa20dbe73e5`, `c942cd9ea14`, `#83391`
- **#83795: fix(desktop): route messaging settings to active profile**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#88755`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #88755 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-17`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`