# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix Home new sessions inheriting previous project context

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where starting a new chat from the Desktop Home screen incorrectly inherits the working directory or files pane context from a previously opened named project. The work aims to keep Home sessions detached from any prior project state.

## 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 #93845. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93845 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #84220: \[Bug\]: Desktop Home → new chat still binds files pane / agent cwd to previous named project

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93845: fix(desktop): keep Home new sessions detached from the last project**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `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/workspace-session-target.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/workspace-session-target.ts`
- **#84814: fix(desktop): keep Home sessions detached from stale cwd**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93845`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93845 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`