# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop profile-switch gateway error handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a desktop issue where failures or declines during profile switching and gateway changes were being silently suppressed or incorrectly routed to the primary backend. The work focuses on surfacing these errors rather than falling back silently.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 4 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #89785. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #89785 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.29`: 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

- #81094: Desktop: switching to a secondary profile can route messages to the primary backend when a manual gateway process exists

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#89785: fix(desktop): profile switching works again — revert the atomic-publish activation series (#89622)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile-agent-activation.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile.ts`
- **#89797: fix(desktop): profile switches publish atomically without ever failing closed (#46651, #89622)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-activation-prune-lease.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile-agent-activation.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile.ts`
- **#89875: fix(desktop): release builds keep profile-switch publications — nanostores 1.4.2 (salvage #89690)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/bootstrap-installer/package.json`, `apps/desktop/package.json`, `apps/desktop/src/store/nanostores-batch-guard.test.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `ui-tui/package.json`
- **#95080: fix(desktop): gateway switches, primary reuse, and session routing hold exact route identity (multi-gateway class 1, tracker #94724)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/profile-session-routing.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/profile-session-routing.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `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/session/hooks/use-hermes-config.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-hermes-config.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-route-resume.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-route-resume.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-list-actions.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-list-actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/json-rpc-gateway-recovery.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/with-timeout.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/with-timeout.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/connections.test.ts` (+19 more)
- **#81165: fix(desktop): surface profile-switch failures instead of falling back to primary socket**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `682a34a7c`, `#95080`, `#94724`
- **#89609: fix(desktop): report a declined gateway switch instead of resolving silently**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#89622`, `#89785`, `#89797`, `#89875`, `#89621`, `#89609`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #89785 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`