# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop sidebar session visibility routing fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where only one of two independent desktop sidebar sessions appears at a time, apparently related to sessions not being routed through the active backend. Two closely related fix attempts address this routing issue.

## 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 #94886. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #94886 (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-94886`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #87759: Desktop session sidebar: two independent sessions alternately disappear (only one shows); UI profile session index missing, DB data intact

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#94886: fix(desktop): route sidebar sessions through the active backend (supersedes #92653)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/sessions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/hermes.test.ts`
- **#92653: fix(desktop): route sidebar sessions through active backend**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#94886`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #94886 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-25`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`