# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Session reconnect and orphan reaper bug fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address bugs where sessions fail to reload or are incorrectly reaped as orphans after window close-reopen or reconnect events. Fixes span Desktop conversations, Bot Chat sessions, gateway behavior, and the reconnect/reap loop logic.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 3 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #93405. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93405 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #84326: Desktop: sessions fail to load after close-reopen window (ws_orphan_reap)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93217: fix(bot-mode): resurrect canonical Bot Chat archived by recoverable reasons on reopen (#92687)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `hermes_state.py`, `hermes_state_common.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_profiles_list_canonical_session.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_profiles.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_session.py`
- **#93361: fix(sessions): reconnect no longer strands or storms sessions — reap loop broken, owner-routed RPCs (8 salvages, #91276 cluster)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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/chat/session-tile.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.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-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/resolve-target-session.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/single-flight-resume.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/single-flight-resume.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/submit.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool/approval.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-connection-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts` (+18 more)
- **#93405: fix(gateway): fresh Bot Chats no longer feed the orphan reaper after reconnect (live-E2E follow-up to #93361)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_session.py`
- **#84343: fix(sessions): preserve Desktop conversations across window reopen**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93217`, `#93361`, `#93405`, `#91333`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93405 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`