# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Agent session live-state display in sidebar

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #85302: bug(desktop): agent-created sessions don't paint as live in the sidebar
- PR #84821: feat(desktop): paint agent-created sessions as live in sidebar
- PR #134124: fix(desktop): foreign sessions stay live in the sidebar \[risk 0.75\]

These items address how agent-created sessions are reflected as live or not in the desktop sidebar. They cover a bug where such sessions don't appear live, a fix for foreign sessions incorrectly staying live, and a feature to paint agent-created sessions as live.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #85302: bug(desktop): agent-created sessions don't paint as live in the sidebar

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#84821: feat(desktop): paint agent-created sessions as live in sidebar**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/session_activity.py`, `apps/desktop/AGENTS.md`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/cross-profile-change-events.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/foreign-live.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/foreign-live.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-dot-state.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_session_activity_persist.py`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_session.py`
- **#134124: fix(desktop): foreign sessions stay live in the sidebar \[risk 0.75\]**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `9b3ec3c7a4c41d16eb4b6e71a7cdaa976d16cc12`
  - files: `agent/activity_tracking.py`, `agent/session_activity.py`, `apps/desktop/AGENTS.md`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/cross-profile-change-events.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/lifecycle.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/foreign-live.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/foreign-live.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-live-reconcile.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-dot-state.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `tests/agent/test_session_activity_persist.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_session_active_list_foreign.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/sessions.py` (+3 more)

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`