# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop pin/unpin state overwritten by stale list pages

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues address a race condition where session list pages arriving after a PATCH acknowledgment revert pin or archive state changes on desktop. Fixes focus on making pin writes safe and improving list signature comparisons.

## 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 #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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #76919: Desktop: pin/unpin still reverted by a list page that lands after the PATCH ack (follow-up to #74570)

## 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]`
- **#77170: fix(desktop): keep pin writes safe from stale list pages landing after the ack**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#76919`
- **#86218: fix(desktop): compare pinned/archived in the session list signature**. 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  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86598`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`