# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Renderer lifecycle diagnostics for all desktop windows

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug report and related fixes addressing missing renderer-lifecycle diagnostics and crash recovery on secondary BrowserWindow instances in the desktop app. The work involves attaching lifecycle diagnostics to every window, not just the primary one.

## 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 #83567. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #83567 (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-83567`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #81290: \[Bug\]: Secondary Desktop window stays black with no lifecycle diagnostics or recovery

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#83535: fix(desktop): persist renderer crashes to desktop.log + ban inline render() (React #310 class)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/renderer-log.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/renderer-log.ts`, `apps/desktop/eslint.config.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/components/error-boundary.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/floating-panes.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/narrow-overlays.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`
- **#83567: fix(desktop): renderer-lifecycle diagnostics + crash recovery for every window**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/wake-indicator-window.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/wake-indicator.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/window-renderer-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/window-renderer-lifecycle.ts`
- **#81533: fix(desktop): attach renderer-lifecycle diagnostics to all BrowserWindow instances (#81290)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#83567`, `#83535`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #83567 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-11`.