# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix overlapping timer text in DisclosureRow trailing slot

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the live tool timer or elapsed status text overlaps the row title due to the trailing slot using absolute positioning. The fix changes the layout so the trailing slot participates in normal flow and takes up width.

## 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 #80719. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #80719 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #79330: \[Bug\]: Desktop — live tool timer paints over the row title (DisclosureRow \`trailing\` is absolute, takes no width)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#80719: Keep elapsed status text from overlapping**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/status.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/disclosure-row.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/scaffold-row.tsx`
- **#79437: fix(desktop): lay DisclosureRow trailing slot in flow to prevent timer-title overlap (#79330)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `0265797b8d`, `#80719`, `#79330`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #80719 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-07`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`