# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop project chat listing and sync issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs and fixes related to how project chats appear in the desktop client, including orphaning, duplicate listings, ghost entries, lag from remote membership data, and unwanted appearances in the Home view.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #122254. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122254 (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-121277`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #77591: \[Bug\]: Desktop (macOS+VPS) — Project chats orphan, double-list, ghost-dupe, and lag (membership pipeline)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121277: fix(desktop): keep root-only project chats out of Home**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/workspace-groups.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/workspace-groups.ts`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_project_tree.py`, `tui_gateway/project_tree.py`
- **#122254: fix(desktop): project drill-in stops refetching on every tree refresh, compressed chats list once**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/workspace-groups.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/projects/workspace-groups.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/use-entered-project-sessions.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/use-entered-project-sessions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/projects.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/projects.ts`
- **#101331: fix(desktop): keep project chats from orphaning, double-listing, and blanking on remote lag**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#70448`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122254 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-25`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`