# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix transient remote ticket blips locking desktop chat

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where brief remote WebSocket ticket disruptions cause the desktop chat to become locked behind a 'Hermes couldn't start' boot overlay. The work involves identifying and fixing this locking behavior.

## 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 #93288. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93288 (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-93288`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #82906: Desktop: transient remote WS ticket blips lock chat behind "Hermes couldn't start"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93288: fix(desktop): remote ticket blips no longer lock the chat behind the boot overlay (#82906, salvage #82907)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.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/components/boot-failure-reauth.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/boot-failure-reauth.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/gateway-connecting-overlay.test.tsx`, `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`
- **#82907: fix(desktop): stop transient remote ticket blips locking the chat**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93288`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93288 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-23`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`