NousResearch/hermes-agent

Sessions sidebar startup latency and CPU fixes

Cluster 78325 · hermes cli. Data as of 2026-10-25 11:21 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #86754 on 15 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a ~41-second startup delay caused by the sessions sidebar endpoint scanning all profile skill trees, plus related idle CPU and polling inefficiencies in the desktop UI.

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#86754 perf(desktop/dashboard): salvage idle & polling CPU fixes — unfocused UI pause, sidebar scan bounds, pet poll, PTY back-off, kanban WS zombie reap

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files: apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.ts, apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-status-snapshot.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-status-snapshot.ts, apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/status.test.tsx, apps/desktop/src/components/chat/activity-timer.test.tsx, apps/desktop/src/components/chat/activity-timer.ts, apps/desktop/src/hooks/use-viewed-interval.ts, apps/desktop/src/lib/statusbar.tsx, contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/{ID}+{username}@users.noreply.github.com, hermes_cli/web_routers/profiles.py, hermes_cli/web_server.py, plugins/kanban/dashboard/plugin_api.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_cron_profile_enumeration_lightweight.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles_sidebar_cache.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_pty_idle_backoff.py, tests/plugins/test_kanban_ws_idle_disconnect.py, ui-tui/src/__tests__/petPolling.test.ts (+2 more)

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · superseded by another PR 1

#78420 fix(cli): skip skills count in sessions sidebar endpoint (#78325) · merged via another change → 30b83ab, f0cfe5a, #86754, #78325
#102365 fix: Sessions sidebar blocks ~41s on startup: GET /api/profiles/sessions calls list_profiles(), which rglobs every profile's skills tree (#78325) · superseded by another PR → #86754

Closed issues · 1

Closed#78325Sessions sidebar blocks ~41s on startup: GET /api/profiles/sessions calls list_profiles(), which rglobs every profile's skills tree

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Subsystem: hermes cli
Merged PRs: #86754
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 2 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 15 Aug 2026

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