# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Session load and code block layout stability

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address instability during session/history loading on desktop, specifically scroll jumping and layout jitter caused by lazy code block syntax highlighting shifting the transcript view.

## 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 #112067. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112067 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #88151: Layout jitter (scroll jumping) when opening conversations containing code blocks

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112067: fix(desktop): stabilize session loading and history restoration**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/runtime-backfill.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/scroll-to-bottom-button.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/scroll-to-bottom-button.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/transcript-backfill.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/transcript-backfill.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/display-hydration.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/provisional-transcript.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/list-restore-composer-resize.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/list-session-scroll.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/list.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/transcript-window.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/use-messages-below.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/use-messages-below.ts` (+12 more)
- **#89658: fix(desktop): keep lazy code highlighting from shifting the transcript**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `673d33095b`, `#112067`, `#88151`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112067 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`