# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix Bots sidebar preview session mismatch on desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where the Bots sidebar/roster preview opens or displays the wrong session content when clicked. The work aligns the preview with the correct canonical Bot Chat session.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #88200: Desktop: BOTS sidebar preview shows wrong session content on click

## 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`
- **#88292: fix(desktop): align BOTS roster preview with the session its click opens**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#88690`

## 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`