# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop remote profile session visibility issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to a bug where remote profile sessions disappear or are misread on desktop after switching profiles. The members address detection and handling of profile-switch session-list 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 #86591. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86591 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #85237: Hermes Desktop remote-profile sessions disappear after profile switching

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86591: fix(desktop): salvage profile-switch session-list cluster (#85242, #86163, #86396, #86250)**. 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/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/surfaces.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/surfaces.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-shared-remote.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#85242: fix(desktop): page remote profile session reads**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86591`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86591 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`