# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Per-profile backend and socket routing fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These changes address bugs in how desktop profiles are distinguished and routed, specifically around pooled backends, remote WebSocket routing per profile, and socket reuse during local profile switching.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86325. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86325 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-86325`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #85777: fix(desktop): local profile switch reuses default socket after update

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86325: fix(desktop): profile switch reuses the default socket after 0.20.1**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-shared-remote.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`
- **#85750: Fix/per profile remote ws routing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86325`, `#85750`, `#85778`, `#85932`
- **#85778: fix(desktop): distinguish pooled profile backends**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86325`, `#85750`, `#85778`, `#85932`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86325 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-14`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`