# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop tool-call naming bug and fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where natural language instructions caused tool calls to lose their names or fail to execute on the desktop surface, addressed by two related fixes targeting tool name retention and GUI tool availability.

## 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 #89819. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #89819 (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-89819`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #88006: \[Bug\]: Desktop fails to execute tool_call with natural language instructions that work correctly in CLI

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#89819: fix(tool-search): keep GUI surface tools directly available (supersedes #88029)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_tool_search.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_hud_surface_note.py`, `tools/tool_search.py`
- **#88029: fix(desktop): stop natural-language actions from losing tool names**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#89819`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #89819 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-19`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`