# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot Chat pin stability and pane behavior fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address bugs related to the Bot Chat pin being lost, replaced, or incorrectly handled when the bots pane opens. The work focuses on ensuring the pinned canonical Bot Chat is preserved and consistently used.

## 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 #88690. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #88690 (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-88690`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #88146: \[Bug\]: A failed intro or a missing pin can replace the Bot Chat

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#88690: fix(desktop): Bots pane always opens the pinned canonical Bot Chat (salvage #88148 + #88292)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/plugin.js`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/active-now-strip.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/canonical-chat-creation.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/canonical-chat-empty-recovery.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/canonical-chat-identity.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/canonical-chat-pin.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/roster-preview.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/session-workspace.test.mjs`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_profiles_list_preferred_session.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_profiles.py`
- **#88148: fix(desktop): keep the Bot Chat pin**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#88690`, `#88292`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #88690 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-17`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`