# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop app gateway reconnect and status bar feature

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members concern adding auto-reconnect and/or a manual reconnect button in the desktop app status bar for dropped SSH/HTTP remote gateway connections. They span a feature request and related implementation work.

## 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 #88070. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #88070 (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-88070`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #80430: \[Feature\]: Desktop app: remote gateway reconnect — auto-reconnect or manual button in status bar

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#88070: fix(desktop): self-heal dropped SSH/HTTP remote connections + status bar reconnect (#82679, #80430)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/backend-start-failure.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-start-failure.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `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/shell/gateway-menu-panel.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/gateway-menu-panel.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-reconnect.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-reconnect.ts`
- **#80694: feat(desktop): add status bar reconnect for offline gateways**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#88070`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #88070 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-17`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`