# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop sidebar virtualized scrolling flicker fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address flickering and instability in the desktop sidebar's virtualized session list during scrolling, including measurement-correction loops, transcript reanchoring, and a sash-blocked scrollbar issue.

## 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 #86589. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86589 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #83813: Desktop sidebar session list flickers while scrolling (virtualizer measurement-correction loop)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86589: fix(desktop): stabilize virtualized scrolling (sidebar flicker, transcript reanchor, sash-blocked scrollbar)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/mock-server.ts`, `apps/desktop/e2e/task-panel-clearance.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/virtual-session-list.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/virtual-session-list.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/list.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/list.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/tree-split.tsx`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#84804: fix(desktop): stabilize virtual session scrolling**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86589`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86589 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`