# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Home project missing on new desktop session

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues address a bug where the Home project is not automatically created or selected when starting a new chat or session in the desktop app. A new chat may also fail to land in the expected project context.

## 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 #81956. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #81956 (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-81956`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #77496: \[Bug\]: When using Hermes Desktop, when I click "New session", the project "Home" should appear under "Projects". However, it is not automatically creating the "Home" project now

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81956: fix(desktop): a new chat stops landing in the project you were just in**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/files/ipc.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/path-compare.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/path-compare.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/projects.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/projects.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session.ts`
- **#77857: fix(session): create Home project on new desktop session (#77496)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#80607`, `#71873`, `#80213`, `#77496`, `#65274`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #81956 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-08`.